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Re: External HD won't mount

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nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <f08lm7Fkl2pU1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
> <jollyroger@pobox.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?
>>>> 
>>> 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?
> 
> 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.

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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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