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I may have accidentally unplugged my external HD Acomdata 160 GB with unmounting it properly. Now it doesn't mount on the desktop, Disk Utility doesn't see it and System Profiler doesn't see it. I have tried everything these forums say...reset the PRAM, NVRAM & SMU. I've shut everything down and...

Based on this http://macosx.com/forums/hardware-peripherals/295892-hdd-i-o-error.html im off hunting buying a new HDD, so i would like to have your opinion. i planning on buying a internal HDD and HDD enclosure, but realized it will be more expensive if i buy them both and then decided to buy...

Hi I've got a iBook G4, 12inch and would like to attach an external display. Technically it works, however not very clear/sharp. I reckon that's because of the graphic card not coping- It this true and is there any way to upgrade the graphic card? Thanks, Jan

I want to buy an external Harddisk to backup all of my photo's music etc. The quality of this harddisk should be very good, since otherwise it doesn't make sence to use it as a backup drive... I also want to have it placed in my home network, so that I can use it with all my macs and guest...

Recently I purchased a LaCie 500GB external hard drive (http://www.lacie.com/uk/products/product.htm?pid=10651). When I first connected it to my computer I was still running Jaguar, and it would not mount. It showed up in disk utility but wouldn't mount from there either. I assumed this was just...

I've been using my external burner for sometime now connecting to my G4 with the firewire. When I connected recently by firewire the computer does recognize or mount on the desktop like usual. When I tried the USB connection the burner is recognized and mounts fine. I repaired premissions and...

So I am having a little problem with my external HD. When I connect the HD it works fine, powers up and finder recognizes it. Ejecting it also works fine, I eject in from the finder and can turn it off. The problem is turning it back on. Because I have not physically disconnected it from...

I have an external hard drive (Maxor 3200) with both a Windows and OS X partition. About 5 days ago the windows partition was messed up when I had to kill power to the computer when it locked up without ejecting the disc properly. A day ago I had my external HD connected to my macbook while I...

I've accumulated several external drives that I'd like to put to use. My question is thus - should the drives be left mounted all the time, or mounted just when needed? Does it matter?

i have a silver/black seagate usb external and i recently opened it up to swap out the drive. i noticed that along with the usb-B port, there were also two spaces for firewire ports cut into the back, hiding under the cover. there are also open holes in the board just begging me to solder. so i...

i recently bought 2 250gb SATA external hd's with phillips usb 2.0 housings which i have started to have some strange problems with.drive 2 works fine but drive 1 will disconnect itself randomly causing the "must disconnect otherwise damage to drive" warning to appear, then the drive remounts...

I pulled one of the SATA drives from my G5 before it went away. I thought I would use it as an external drive with my mac book. I went to Fry's and could not get a straight answer from them. Someone please tell me what to do to 1. Use it as an external drive 2. Use it as a start-up drive if...

I have a hard drive originally in a TiBook that died. took it out because i couldnt find parts, but got an enclosure and used it as an external for a few years. now i found a logic board and i need to reformat the disk for boot purposes. how do i go about getting that accomplished? and can i do...

The bottom line is I have an ion external HD that got dropped on the floor and broken. Now when I fire it up it makes a clanking noise and I can't read from it. Since I'm not a data forencics engineer what are the chances I can recover data from this? Is it even possible? Lets say the discs are...

I accidently unplugged my external harddrive and when I plug it back in it doesnt mount on my computer properly. It shows up in disk utility, I have attached a screenshot of the 'info' window. Im running 10.3.9 on a G4 Powerbook

Hi! Has anyone out there good/bad experiences with external DVD+-RW drives? I think of getting a Philips USB one, so I can use it with my old firewireless PC and my macbook and because I have good experiences with the internal drives (I installed about 7 in friends'/family's PCs; one...

Hey I bought a HD1600 160GB External Hard Drive in my 2nd hand store today, and I was wondernig if it would work in my iMac Intel cpu on the Mac side?

New Macbook is on the way! Yay! I want to set up a monitor on my desk to use with the Macbook, an external keyboard and mouse. Is there a way to set up the Mackbook to run just the external, second monitor? Maybe even with the lid closed for safety? Sounds like a tall order to me, but I bet if...

I am very stupid because I had a stroke. Every few months I lose everything and have to start over. I forget everything and do not even remember what the icons on my desktop do. I have not found any backup software that I can understand to restore my system. I reloaded the OSx again...

Hi. I own an old powerbook "titanium" (2002). Since the display is broken, I use it connected to an external display with no problems. Today, I tried to start-up from the OS DVD (Tiger) but, not surprisingly, the external monitor is black. Thus, I feel like whatever happens I can't fix it the...