Iomega Prestige Hard Drive Solution / Frustration

This is how you solve the problem of Iomega drive not being recognized by your computer. Only satisfication I could get out of my new Iomega Prestig Hard Drive was beating the sh*t out of it. Worked perfectly out of the box. After that I couldn't get it to work again. After wasting 3 weeks trying to get it to work, an hour internet searching for an answer to a problem many people seemed to have, and an hour with worthless online support.... I decided to cut myself free from Iomega and get the only value I could out of this purchase: Stress Relief!

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[M3mPHiS]

damn... I'm having issues with my Iomega Prestige 2 TB HD... It's a few months old... I just transferred a file today, turned it off, then later tried to turn back on... Power is on but not recognized on my Mac nor PC... What the...

[shadowrink]

I am having the same problem. I am at the point where I'm about to thrash mine myself. If i had seen this video before i purchased it, i would've never bought it. it works one time and after that. nothing. so anything i have stored from my now dead ibook i have completely LOST forever. Iomega is not worth it anymore, so i'm going to try another brand.

[MrJoecoolsvette]

It's the small circuit board (Interface Board) inside the case. Remove the harddrive inside, install it into an inexpensive 2.5 SATA external enclosure. If you have to use a hammer on something, LEAVE IT ALONE. If you have PATIENCE and a little mechanical aptitude, try the above. From a tech at FixYa.com

[Rebldoomer]

haha wow you're tough you can beat up a machine. LOL. what are you gonna do next, hit a woman?

just kidding... i have the same problem (so it seems). im gonna try tech support for the fuck of it. see if you are correct about them sucking with customer support.... ill see... i have over a few hundred thousand dollars worth of shit on my external... literally over a hundred thousand dollars worth of stuff... if i cant get it back.... im gonna fucking kill them

[Jizzrazz]

In the past 2 weeks I have had 2 people come to me with these harddrives, the solution I found was to put the harddrive into your computer directly(pitty if you own a laptop)

It seems they are drawing way too much power for enclosures to handle. If this does not work for you please do as this guys has done. Smash it to hell!

[LArmstrong91]

Thats the way! PIECE OF SHIT THAT THEY ARE! Same problem as i had.