[G4] WD HD

[Kunga]

Are you in 10.2.6? I lost a drive the same way shortly after installing 
10.2.6 last week. Still trying to get the data with Data Rescue X. 
Nothing else even sees it.

k

On Monday, May 12, 2003, at 07:52  PM, Brian Conner wrote:

> Brian,
>     Thanks for the reply.
>     While I do get the drive to show up on Apple Profiler, it does not
> show up on Disk Utility, greyed out or otherwise.
>
>     Well, I just tried again to no avail so I unplugged and replugged.
> Two of my three partitions mounted. The third was described as
> "unknown" and a message said it would not mount. This is the one I had
> my main drive backed up on using CCC. Then I rechecked Disk Utility and
> now all three are there with "Backup" (unknown) greyed out. So I used
> DiskFirst Aid to repair the drive (partition).  The phrase "Keys out of
> order" is the first sign of problem, followed by "Rebuilding Catalog
> B-tree". It's been going for 5 minutes with no sign of progress so
> we'll see.
>     After 40 min. I stopped it.......Well, after some screwing around I
> verified and repaired the partition.  It still wouldn't mount so I went
> to disc utility to follow your advice; highlight and mount from
> options.The color wheel came up when I clicked on the partition. It's
> still spinning. I can't even force quit.
>     So whenever I try to work on the drive using Disk Utility the
> program locks up. I can still use the computer for certain jobs but the
> drive and Disk Utility is locked up.
>     So even if I do get the drive to show up on Disk Utility, I still
> can't use it.
>     Any more thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>     Jim