[G4] External Drive won't dismount

[Wilkin, Wayne (Mass)]

Have any fonts on it? Using any font utility to manage fonts that maybe on
the drive? Just a thought

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> From: 	Anne Keller-Smith
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> Sent: 	Monday, February 9, 2004 10:59 PM
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> Subject: 	[G4] External Drive won't dismount
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Lately when I drag the Maxtor external drive to the trash, I get
> an error message that says "The operation could  not be completed
> because the disk "Anne's Maxtor OneTouch" is in use." Also, the
> icon changes from a gold color to the generic HD icon.
> 
> After a minute, sometimes the icon does disappear, but then
> when I turn off  the drive, it says I have not done things correctly,
> may have lost data, and should have selected the icon and selected
> "eject" from the file menu. But if I do this, it also gives me the
> above message.
> 
> If I reboot with the drive mounted, it seems to regain its
> yellow icon, and ejects properly.
> 
> My first thought was that Retrospect might not have been
> quite done with the backup, but the program had quit already,
> was not open any more.
> 
> What's up with this? Any thoughts? Right now I want to
> quit for the day and turn the computer off, but my impression
> is I need to eject the external drive and turn it off before
> shutting down. Also, if I reboot, what does that do? Does
> that mess up the external drive as well?
> 
> Mac G4, Jaguar. Many thanks in advance for any ideas!
> 
> Anne Keller Smith
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