Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.szaf.org!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: 24 Aug 2017 18:53:59 GMT Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <2PqdnV-vP4Rp8wDEnZ2dnUU7-VnNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <230820171003042267%nospam@nospam.invalid> <230820171231447433%nospam@nospam.invalid> <-didnVZKavC6LgDEnZ2dnUU7-WXNnZ2d@earthlink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net ZYomLMlHtWTAdQWUWHDIwgAKmXwd4Paz/QhGq7wJkMKCPbjZHg Cancel-Lock: sha1:1RJv/frh6wKAOg9mAUJbzcJB4Cg= sha1:wjdBUYCEEq3pxLdMO+53dFpI8W0= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.2.6 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:1577 Kurt V. Ullman wrote: > On 8/23/17 1:16 PM, Jolly Roger wrote: >> 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? >> > I just hear a whirring or spinning sound that doesn't change. > Disk Utility, when the drive is plugged in, just says it is searching > for disks and continues to search for 6 minutes one time until I gave > up. If I turn the computer off and restart it w/ the HD plugged in I get > the internal HD on the computer and the thumb drive on the other port. What make and model hard drive enclosure is this? -- 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