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Re: External HD won't mount

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage
Subject	Re: External HD won't mount
Date	2017-08-25 01:16 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID	<f09c2vFpe38U3@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 2017-08-25, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2017-08-24, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> In article <f09340Fnnb1U1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
>><jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>> >> What make and model hard drive enclosure is this?
>>> > 
>>> > 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...
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the reminder. So it looks like this drive doesn't come with a
>>> power cable, nor does it have a power cable port. So the only way to test
>>> the drive itself outside of the enclosure seems to be to remove it from the
>>> enclosure.
>>
>> which might not help because many portable drives, including wd, now
>> use an integrated usb bridge/controller rather than a sata port and
>> separate bridge.
>>
>><http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20140130/avaseded.jpg>
>><http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20140130/jasaze5u.jpg>
>
> Ugh. That's kind of ridiculous. I guess they are trying to save money?
> Anyway, no thanks! I'll steer clear of these.

I've never seen an enclosure that can accept such drives. None of mine
do. Screw that noise.

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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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