[G4] External firewire hard drives.

[Bill Boy]

Did you open Disc Utilty? See if they are listed there. Also check  
your Finder preferences to see if you have "view external drives on  
desktop" drives tuned off.


Bill Boy



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On Dec 28, 2008, at 5:44 PM, Pat Crowe <crowesnest at aapt.net.au> wrote:

> I have two LaCie 250gb external firewire hard drives.
> Both spin up when power is applied but neither show up on the  
> Desktop of my iMac G5. I have tried with two different firewire  
> cables.
> Referring to the Internet, it seems that many people have the same  
> trouble with external hard drives. This doesn't add up to me. What  
> is so difficult? Should be a simple plug and play situation.
> Meanwhile, as neither drive is recognised, I am unable to apply any  
> testing or updating to them. Seems like a lost cause.
>
>
> iMac 20" G5, 2gb RAM, 250gb HDD.
>
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