[Hidden-tech] external 4TB drive not mounting
Rich@OTN
rich at on-the-net.com
Wed Mar 25 19:50:28 UTC 2020
if you can see all the files in a recovery program then the file system
is marginally corrupted.
Probably means you need get a new drive and then use the recovery
program to copy from the old drive.
R.
On 3/25/2020 2:42 PM, Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions & Folktography via
Hidden-discuss wrote:
> Thanks DM,
>
> no weird loud clicking or honking fortunately. I'm familiar with
> DiskWarrior and StellarPheonix recovery and have used before but my
> software has expired unfortunately. I'm using Stellar right now and
> can see all the files but then I click on recover...of course it sends
> me to the "Pay now" page...
> I might just have to bite the bullet and pay however, i'm dabbling in
> terminal now although I know very little about it. I'm following
> directions found on this page
> <https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/235309/external-drive-does-not-mount-after-plug-off-without-eject>
> and seem to be making some process. Thanks for your help. Hopefully I
> will resolve sometime in the next three months or so :)
>
>
>
> *Regards,*
> *
> *
> *Tom Adams, Director/Owner*
> *Reelife Documentary Productions <http://www.ReelifeProductions.com> •
> **Folktography by Tom* <http://folktography.zenfolio.com>
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>
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 2:34 PM DM Cook <dmaterialized at gmail.com
> <mailto:dmaterialized at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> If you hear it spinning but not mounting, it could be a bad
> component of the drive case, such as the power supply or the
> FireWire chip. FireWire drives nowadays are fairly old, so this
> isn't that uncommon, and often it doesn't affect the underlying
> drive. You can resolve this by getting a different 3.5" case (they
> tend to run $20-50, generally higher for FireWire), disassembling
> your external drive case, and putting the drive in the new case--
> but you'll need to make sure it's the right style for your drive
> (SATA II/SATA III, etc)
>
> Hopefully the problem isn't the drive itself: if it is, you'll
> probably need a professional. A symptom of this would be that you
> hear it click rhythmically or if it suddenly makes loud individual
> "honks".
>
> If the problem is corruption or data errors on the drive, a
> fantastic piece of software called DiskWarrior can often help, but
> this will do nothing if the problem is physical in nature.
> DiskWarrior has saved more drives than I can count: it's
> definitely one of the best and most reliable utilities I own.
>
> A data recovery expert has access to all of these tools and would
> most likely be able to resolve the issue, whatever it is, for
> around $200.
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 2:10 PM tom's gmail via Hidden-discuss
> <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
> <mailto:hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>> wrote:
>
> I should have mentioned it’s a FireWire drive with a separate
> power plug.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Adams, Director/Owner
>
> www.ReelifeProductions.com <http://www.ReelifeProductions.com>
>
> http://Folktography.zenfolio.com
>
> • Cool Media Production...Not Boring or Dumb •
>
> Media that Educates, Entertains & Enlightens... since 1996
>
> (From the road / my virtual office/iPhone 413.575.9707)
>
>
>> On Mar 25, 2020, at 1:13 PM, Nathan Chung
>> <nchung111 at gmail.com <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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*
>> *Reelife Documentary Productions
>> <http://www.ReelifeProductions.com> • **Folktography by
>> Tom* <http://folktography.zenfolio.com>
>> /Cool Media Production...Not Boring or Dumb./
>> /Educating, Entertaining & Enlightening since 1996/
>> /(413) 575-9707//
>> • Williamsburg, MA
>> /
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