[Hidden-tech] external 4TB drive not mounting

[Nathan Chung]

Hmm, not sure, then. Besides something really obvious like rebooting the
computer, I am not sure. There is a chance if the drive is old, it has
reached its end of life. If it is a spinning HDD rather than an SSD, that
may be what's happening. Or the circuitry for the external might be old,
which is simpler to fix. You just move the hard drive to a new enclosure.

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 1:16 PM tom's gmail <tomadams at gmail.com> wrote:

> I should have mentioned it’s a FireWire drive with a separate power plug.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Adams, Director/Owner
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> On Mar 25, 2020, at 1:13 PM, Nathan Chung <nchung111 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> It might be a power thing. if you are only powering it through the USB
> connection, it might not be enough. If it has an auxiliary power port, try
> connecting it.
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 1:06 PM Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions &
> Folktography via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>
> wrote:
>
>> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> hope you're all staying "well hidden"...
>>
>> I have a Mac 4TB external HD that isn't mounting.
>>
>> It shows up in disk utility but it doesn’t mount when I click mount.
>>
>> I tried some terminal tricks but won’t let me enter my password when I
>> get to that point.
>>
>> I can hear it spinning “trying” to mount.
>>
>> I unplugged cables, restarted, turned off and on again... all to no
>> avail...
>>
>> Help?!
>>
>>
>> *Regards,*
>>
>> *Tom Adams, Director/Owner*
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