[Hidden-tech] external 4TB drive not mounting

Wed Mar 25 20:25:19 UTC 2020

Thanks Scott, much appreciated. I went with the lifetime purchase of
Stellar Recovery and now transferring 400GB to another external 8TB
archives harddrive.

While were at it, what do you suggest for a new external hard drive for
video editing- to connect to my 2017 iMac lightning port?

Thanks again...

*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*

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 4:10 PM Scot Broderick <scot at scotbroderick.com>
wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> Well if you can see the drive and files in Stellar then I'd assume the
> electronics of the drive and enclosure are working properly, no?
> I think diagnosing/rebuilding the directory via Stellar, Disk Warrior,
> Speed Tools, etc.  is your next step.
>
> Or you can send it to me and I'll see what I can do (gratis). I have
> numerous apps for hard drive diagnosis, rescue & repair.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Scot Broderick
> LightSpeed Productions, Inc.
> Producer/Editor, MPEG
> 978-621-7658
> ----------------
> 244 Wendell Road
> New Salem, MA 01355
>
>
>
> On March 25, 2020 at 2:42 PM Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions &
> Folktography via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>
> 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>
> *Cool Media Production...Not Boring or Dumb.*
> *Educating, Entertaining & Enlightening since 1996*
> *(413) 575-9707*
>  • Williamsburg, MA
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 2:34 PM DM Cook < 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> wrote:
>
> I should have mentioned it’s a FireWire drive with a separate power plug.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Adams, Director/Owner
>
> 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> 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*
> *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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