[X4U] FireWire weirdness...

[Philip J Robar]

On Feb 11, 2006, at 10:09 AM, William Scammell wrote:

> Okay gang, it's my turn to ask for help/suggestions. And of course,  
> thanks in advance:
>
> HARDWARE
>
> 1) Alum 1.5Ghz, 1.5GB RAM, osX.4.4 -- 8 months old, works just fine  
> and there's tons of space left on the HD.
>
> 2) Maxtor 300GB external HD -- 3 days old, brand spanking new --  
> both partitions work just fine. Carbon Copy Cloner worked far  
> better than the enclosed Retrospect Express. (Side Comment: I've  
> never gotten RE to work in a zillion years. Not a big concern, as I  
> prefer to drag project folders over for archival purposes.)
>
> 3) Maxtor 80GB external FW HD -- 3.5 years old -- **ain't quite  
> working**
>
>
> BASIC PROBLEM
>
> osX.4.4 sees the 80GB Maxtor HD in System Profiler, but doesn't  
> mount the drive to the desktop.

Does Disk Utility see it? If so try mounting it from there. I'd also  
suggest running Disk Repair while there.


Phil
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