Freezer trick might work. You stuff the drive in the freezer for a few hours, pull it out, and then try to read it. You get one shot at this and I've had great success -- probably about 80%. Just get the data off and then toss the drive. Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions & Folktography wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *Hello,* > > * > * > > *looks like my 1TB lacie backup "extreme disk" has finally decided to > play with my sanity. I tried runnin' apple's disk utility to no avail. > The discs icon shows up in the left panel but will not mount- here are > the messages I got:* > > *=========* > > *Verify and Repair volume “Time Machine _BU”* > > Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume. > > Detected a case-sensitive catalog. > > Checking Extents Overflow file. > > Invalid leaf record count > > (It should be 4500 instead of 4505) > > Checking Catalog file. > > > >>Disk Utility stopped repairing “Time Machine _BU” because the > following error was encountered: > > Filesystem verify or repair failed. > > > (It should be 4500 instead of 4505) > > Checking Catalog file. > > Invalid node structure > > Volume check failed. > > Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed. > > *=============* > > * > * > > *anyone have any insight or suggestions about what I should do next. I > know that Lacie has had problems with the "extreme disks" power cords > not giving the units enough juice but this doesn't seem related at all.* > > * > * > > *trying not to wig out too much...but I do happen to have a A LOT of > important stuff on this drive. Help?* > > > Regards, > > Tom Adams > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Videographer, Director, Editor: www.ReelifeProductions.com > <http://www.ReelifeProductions.com> > Photography Prints & Products: www.FolktographybyTom.com > <http://www.FolktographybyTom.com> > Portal: web.me.com/ReelifeProductions <http://web.me.com/ReelifeProductions> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > www.facebook.com/Reelife <http://www.facebook.com/Reelife> > www.facebook.com/Folkography <http://www.facebook.com/Folkography> > www.facebook.com/tomadams4 <http://www.facebook.com/tomadams4> > www.twitter.com/Reelife_Tom <http://www.twitter.com/Reelife_Tom> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > (413) 575-9707 > Williamsburg, MA > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members