I don't know of a software package that will do this but have you tried different firewire cables? My FW drives stay mounted all of the time. Jens On Wednesday, January 28, 2004, at 10:16 PM, Ted Burton wrote: > I have a 12" mini-me PB, to which I have connected an OWC external > drive via FW 400. It is a remarkable sort of lottery to look at a > Finder window from time to time to see if it's there. This AM it was > there, this PM it was not. No change in connection per se, no change > in power. All the same. > > Maybe this in X-app thing, but does anyone know of an app that will > hunt for an unmounted drive that is physically connected and mount it? > Jens Selvig ...lost in Montana...