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Re: External HD won't mount

Subject	Re: External HD won't mount
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage
References	<2PqdnV-vP4Rp8wDEnZ2dnUU7-VnNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <230820171003042267%nospam@nospam.invalid>
From	"Kurt V. Ullman" <kurtullman@yahoo.com>
Date	2017-08-23 12:03 -0400
Message-ID	<EKqdndkYVb_8OgDEnZ2dnUU7-WfNnZ2d@earthlink.com> (permalink)

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On 8/23/17 10:03 AM, nospam wrote:
> In article <2PqdnV-vP4Rp8wDEnZ2dnUU7-VnNnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Kurt V.
> Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> I have a 2T My Passport for Mac that worked fine yesterday but wouldn't
>> mount after I shut down and then started back up (thunderstorms came
>> through). Nothing else changed. The light on the HD is flashing, looks
>> to be faster, maybe ~1 per second. I hear no noise. It has two
>> partitions and neither one is showing up. I am running a mid-2015 MBP
>> 10.12.6.
>>      I have tried plugging it into the other USB port on the computer and
>> got the same response. A thumb drive into the USB port I normally use
>> for the HD worked fine. I have no other computer nearby to plug it into
>> to see if it that works. The only thing I did between the time it worked
>> and it didn't was turn the computer off. I disconnected the HD after it
>> was off so I didn't eject it incorrectly.
>>
>>        Suggestions?
> 
> that sounds like the drive isn't spinning up anymore.
> 
> try using an actual 5v power adapter rather than relying on bus power.
Not sure how I do that. I have a powered 4-port hub. Would that work 
instead? Both buses did not work. Would that make any difference on 
relying on the bus if both are the same. Also I am getting the blinking 
on the drive/

> 
> also try choosing about this mac in the apple menu, then click on
> system report... (or use the option key to directly access it), click
> on usb and see if the mac is even seeing the drive.
> 

The Mac is seeing the drive.

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External HD won't mount "Kurt V. Ullman" <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2017-08-23 08:02 -0400
  Re: External HD won't mount nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-08-23 10:03 -0400
    Re: External HD won't mount "Kurt V. Ullman" <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2017-08-23 12:03 -0400
      Re: External HD won't mount nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-08-23 12:31 -0400
        Re: External HD won't mount "Kurt V. Ullman" <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2017-08-23 12:53 -0400
          Re: External HD won't mount nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-08-23 12:58 -0400
          Re: External HD won't mount Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-08-23 17:16 +0000
            Re: External HD won't mount "Kurt V. Ullman" <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2017-08-23 22:38 -0400
              Re: External HD won't mount Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-08-24 18:53 +0000
                Re: External HD won't mount nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-08-24 14:56 -0400
                Re: External HD won't mount Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-08-24 22:43 +0000
                Re: External HD won't mount nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-08-24 19:00 -0400
                Re: External HD won't mount Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-08-25 01:12 +0000
                Re: External HD won't mount Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-08-25 01:16 +0000
                Re: External HD won't mount "Kurt V. Ullman" <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2017-08-24 21:53 -0400

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