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: 25 Aug 2017 01:16:15 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <2PqdnV-vP4Rp8wDEnZ2dnUU7-VnNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <230820171003042267%nospam@nospam.invalid> <230820171231447433%nospam@nospam.invalid> <-didnVZKavC6LgDEnZ2dnUU7-WXNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <240820171456168244%nospam@nospam.invalid> <240820171900096252%nospam@nospam.invalid> X-Trace: individual.net e43+8MfXyHXCz6pTorRfcQPXwFc5l2r9S+v8b5ojSUdnpNXii5 Cancel-Lock: sha1:KbNTb/+Xhzox8VPIjX2brBCRNh0= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:1582 On 2017-08-25, Jolly Roger wrote: > On 2017-08-24, nospam wrote: >> In article , Jolly Roger >> wrote: >> >>> >> What make and model hard drive enclosure is this? >>> > >>> > In article <2PqdnV-vP4Rp8wDEnZ2dnUU7-VnNnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Kurt V. >>> > Ullman 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. >> >> >> > > 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. -- 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