Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage Subject: Re: External HD won't mount Date: 23 Aug 2017 17:16:11 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <2PqdnV-vP4Rp8wDEnZ2dnUU7-VnNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <230820171003042267%nospam@nospam.invalid> <230820171231447433%nospam@nospam.invalid> <-didnVZKavC6LgDEnZ2dnUU7-WXNnZ2d@earthlink.com> X-Trace: individual.net Z2s7FGIgn5CIOjOrk+Ls/w3b8NbuFYUKxwtcS24hw7ZGcwbCor Cancel-Lock: sha1:DlIhVkLW1FyFr0Jy2nqki/bjtmI= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:1575 On 2017-08-23, Kurt V. Ullman wrote: > On 8/23/17 12:31 PM, nospam wrote: >> In article , Kurt V. >> Ullman wrote: > >> without seeing the drive it's impossible to tell, but based on your >> description, it sounds like the drive has failed. >> > When I listen to it, there is a whirring sound, I can feel a vibration. > Does that change anything? When you initially power up the drive, can you hear the head move at all? Is there a repetitive pattern to the sound? -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR