Cannot access the drive Lacie D2 Quadra (1 TB), Windows says you want to format.

Original title: my drive hard Lacie cannot be seen by Windows Vista

I have a Lacie D2 Quadra (1 to) I've had for a year now, which worked fine under Vista until about a month when I did a windows update. Since then, he said, I had to reformat my hard drive. Needless to say, I don't want to do that. (I have all my files there) I tried it back before the update, but it still can not read the disc and still tells me to reformat.  I had a friend check it for viruses and found none and the drive worked on his computer. I ran antivirus on my computer and the drive and nothing. then check that the drivers are up to date... they are. can someone help me.

Hello

What is the stratus of the device in Device Manager?

Step 1: Run the following article fixit tool and check.

Hardware devices do not work or are not detected in Windows
http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/en-us

Step 2: Search for the issue in the clean boot state.

From your computer by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs so that you can determine if a background program is interfering with your game or program. This type of boot is known as a "clean boot".

Reference:
How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

When you are finished troubleshooting, follow these steps to reset the computer to start as usual:
a. click Start, type msconfig in the search box
b. press ENTER.

The System Configuration Utility dialog box appears.

c. click on the general tab, click Normal Startup - load all device drivers and services and then click OK.
d. When you are prompted, click on restart to restart the computer.

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