3CCDMBP Well, I'm unfortunately a new member of the I hate LaCie club.
Firmware tool did the same thing for my new 160GB Rugged FW400/FW800/USB2 drive. Got to verifying and then reported process not complete.
Drive will not mount. Tried rebooting Mac and running again using FW400 and FW800 again. I give up, my drive is toast. What a joke, LaCie should not release a tool that reports your hard drive needs updating, then proceed to screw it up.
A quick Google search brought me to this site and unfortunately I see others have done the same thing. Damn LaCie should have removed this piece of crap tool from their website. Emailed their tech support and waiting for a response.
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