Terence Cozad typed this message on 3/31/04 6:16 PM: > Did you check the drive for physical damage by running the surface scan > test? It might be a problem with the hard drive itself. Since i have created > one many times i would be tempted to back up my data, reformat the drive by > writing zeros, reinstall the operating system, restore data, then try and do > the edrive. > That error 14 might also have to do with software corruption but not sure > about that in os x. Yes, I did a surface scan as well. Result: Pass. In fact every conceivable Drive and Volume test has been performed on this drive and given a pass in every case. I am going to Carbon Copy all my files to a backup, format the drive and copy them back this weekend and see if that helps. jg