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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	2017-08-23 17:16 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID	<f05rirFq74U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<2PqdnV-vP4Rp8wDEnZ2dnUU7-VnNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <230820171003042267%nospam@nospam.invalid> <EKqdndkYVb_8OgDEnZ2dnUU7-WfNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <230820171231447433%nospam@nospam.invalid> <-didnVZKavC6LgDEnZ2dnUU7-WXNnZ2d@earthlink.com>

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On 2017-08-23, Kurt V. Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 8/23/17 12:31 PM, nospam wrote:
>> In article <EKqdndkYVb_8OgDEnZ2dnUU7-WfNnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Kurt V.
>> Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> 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?

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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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