<div dir="ltr">Thanks DM,<div><br></div><div>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... </div><div>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 <a href="https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/235309/external-drive-does-not-mount-after-plug-off-without-eject">page</a> and seem to be making some process. Thanks for your help. Hopefully I will resolve sometime in the next three months or so :)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px"><font color="#003300" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></font></p><font face="garamond, serif"></font><div><font face="garamond, serif" color="#274e13" size="2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span></font><div><font face="garamond, serif" color="#274e13" size="2"></font><div><font face="garamond, serif" color="#274e13" size="2"></font><div><font face="garamond, serif" color="#274e13" size="2"></font><div><font face="garamond, serif" color="#274e13" size="2"></font><div><font face="garamond, serif"><div style="color:rgb(39,78,19);font-size:small"><div><b>Regards,</b></div></div><div style="color:rgb(39,78,19);font-size:small"><b><br></b></div><div style="color:rgb(39,78,19)"><font size="2"><b>Tom Adams, Director/Owner</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(39,78,19)"><font size="2"><b><a href="http://www.ReelifeProductions.com" target="_blank">Reelife Documentary Productions</a> • </b></font><a href="http://folktography.zenfolio.com" target="_blank"><b>Folktography by Tom</b></a></div><div><div><font color="#660000"><span><i>Cool Media Production...Not Boring or Dumb.</i></span></font></div><div><font color="#660000"><span><i>Educating, Entertaining & Enlightening since 1996</i></span></font><br></div></div></font><div><font size="2" color="#660000"><font face="garamond, serif"><i>(413) 575-9707</i></font><i><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><font face="garamond, serif"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"> • Williamsburg, MA</div></div></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></i></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 2:34 PM DM Cook <<a href="mailto:dmaterialized@gmail.com">dmaterialized@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">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)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> 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". </div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 2:10 PM tom's gmail via Hidden-discuss <<a href="mailto:hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net" target="_blank">hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I should have mentioned it’s a FireWire drive with a separate power plug. <br><br><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12pt">Regards,</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tom Adams, Director/Owner</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="http://www.ReelifeProductions.com" target="_blank">www.ReelifeProductions.com</a></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="http://Folktography.zenfolio.com" target="_blank">http://Folktography.zenfolio.com</a></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12pt">• Cool Media Production...Not Boring or Dumb •</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12pt">Media that Educates, Entertains & Enlightens... since 1996</span></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;margin:0px">
</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12pt">(From the road / my virtual office/iPhone 413.575.9707)</span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 25, 2020, at 1:13 PM, Nathan Chung <<a href="mailto:nchung111@gmail.com" target="_blank">nchung111@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">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.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 1:06 PM Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions & Folktography via Hidden-discuss <<a href="mailto:hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net" target="_blank">hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hello, <div><br></div><div>hope you're all staying "well hidden"...</div><div><br></div><div>I have a Mac 4TB external HD that isn't mounting. </div><div><br></div><div>It shows up in disk utility but it doesn’t mount when I click mount. </div><div><br></div><div>I tried some terminal tricks but won’t let me enter my password when I get to that point. </div><div><br></div><div>I can hear it spinning “trying” to mount. </div><div><br></div><div>I unplugged cables, restarted, turned off and on again... all to no avail...</div><div><br></div><div>Help?!</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px"><font color="#003300" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></font></p><font face="garamond, serif"></font><div><font face="garamond, serif" color="#274e13" size="2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span></font><div><font face="garamond, serif" color="#274e13" size="2"></font><div><font face="garamond, serif" color="#274e13" size="2"></font><div><font face="garamond, serif" color="#274e13" size="2"></font><div><font face="garamond, serif" color="#274e13" size="2"></font><div><font face="garamond, serif"><div style="color:rgb(39,78,19);font-size:small"><div><b>Regards,</b></div></div><div style="color:rgb(39,78,19);font-size:small"><b><br></b></div><div style="color:rgb(39,78,19)"><font size="2"><b>Tom Adams, Director/Owner</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(39,78,19)"><font size="2"><b><a href="http://www.ReelifeProductions.com" target="_blank">Reelife Documentary Productions</a> • </b></font><a href="http://folktography.zenfolio.com" target="_blank"><b>Folktography by Tom</b></a></div><div><div><font color="#660000"><span><i>Cool Media Production...Not Boring or Dumb.</i></span></font></div><div><font color="#660000"><span><i>Educating, Entertaining & Enlightening since 1996</i></span></font><br></div></div></font><div><font size="2" color="#660000"><font face="garamond, serif"><i>(413) 575-9707</i></font><i><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><font face="garamond, serif"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"> • Williamsburg, MA</div></div></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></i></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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