On 24/1/06 Steven Rogers wrote: >You won't be able to do this if the disk won't mount. If the >directory information is hosed, and Disk Warrior won't fix it, then >you're probably out of luck. It never hurts to try all the possible >tools once you have nothing to loose. In my case the disk wouldn't mount but could be seen from a firewire disk. Hmm, I suppose in that case it *would* mount but not under its own steam. :-) Either way the problem was similar to the one described, although I was able to start from the CD and reinstall the system. Never did find out what was wrong or what caused it. cheers, Chris