Angel Llorente
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Mac OS X

Q: What Happened to Other Two HDs?

I've installed three internal hard drives, but only the third appears on the desktop.  What happened to the other two hard drives?

Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002) Dual, Mac OS X (10.4.11), I also use MacOS 9.2.2

Posted on May 22, 2013 7:49 AM

by Niel,Solvedanswer
Niel Niel
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A:

Check the settings in the General tab of the Finder's preferences. If that isn't it, open the Disk Utility in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and mount, repair, or erase them if needed.

 

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Posted on May 22, 2013 7:51 AM

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Q: What Happened to Other Two HDs?

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  • by Niel,Solvedanswer

    Niel Niel May 22, 2013 7:51 AM in response to Angel Llorente
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    May 22, 2013 7:51 AM in response to Angel Llorente

    Check the settings in the General tab of the Finder's preferences. If that isn't it, open the Disk Utility in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and mount, repair, or erase them if needed.

     

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  • by Angel Llorente,

    Angel Llorente Angel Llorente May 22, 2013 1:01 PM in response to Niel
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    May 22, 2013 1:01 PM in response to Niel

    Niel, here is a screen shot of the Utilities folder.  What should I do next?Picture 1.png

  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel May 22, 2013 1:04 PM in response to Angel Llorente
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    May 22, 2013 1:04 PM in response to Angel Llorente

    Ensure that those drives are plugged in properly. If they are, they appear to be dead.

     

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  • by Angel Llorente,

    Angel Llorente Angel Llorente May 22, 2013 1:06 PM in response to Niel
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    May 22, 2013 1:06 PM in response to Niel

    Dead.  They were working just yesterday.  How do I bring them back to life?

  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel May 22, 2013 1:10 PM in response to Angel Llorente
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    May 22, 2013 1:10 PM in response to Angel Llorente

    Swap the third drive with one of the other two inside the computer. If only the third drive shows up, the other drive involved needs to be replaced. If only the other drive appears, something's wrong with the cabling connecting the third drive to the computer or with that drive's port.

     

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  • by Angel Llorente,

    Angel Llorente Angel Llorente May 22, 2013 1:56 PM in response to Niel
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    May 22, 2013 1:56 PM in response to Niel

    Niel,

     

    1. May 9, 2013, I bought a G4 QuickSilver Mac with only one hard drive on ebay.  Main Disk was named   "WD1200 Boot Drive."  Worked great.

     

    2. May 13, 2013, I installed a second hard drive to the one mentioned above, and named it "2nd Maxtor Boot Drive."  Worked great.

     

    3. May 21, 2013, I installed a third hard drive, and name it "3rd Hitachi Boot Drive." Worked great.

     

    4. May 21, 2013, after I installed "3rd Hitachi Boot Drive," and used it as the "Startup Disk," I copied all of my external hard disk data (named "Mac Companion") to "3rd Hitachi Boot Drive."

       a.) I then began moving to trash/deleting the data from "Mac Companion."

       b.) Because data being trashed/deleted from "Mac Companion" was taking so long, I quit the procedure by just pulling the plug on the Mac while it was still under the control of "3rd Hitachi Boot Drive."

       c.) I didn't "Shut Down" by the book.

     

    The next morning, today, when I booted up, the only hard drives showing were:

    1.) 3rd Hitachi Boot Drive, and

    2.) Mac Companion

     

    The other two hard drives did not show up on the desktop; nor did they show up in the Utility folder.

     

    All the drives were installed correctly.   All drives were functioning correctly. There were no problems until I "shut down incorrectly."

     

    What should I do next?

  • by Angel Llorente,

    Angel Llorente Angel Llorente May 23, 2013 1:43 PM in response to Angel Llorente
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    May 23, 2013 1:43 PM in response to Angel Llorente

    Thanks for all your help, Niel!!

     

    I just physically uninstalled the two hard drives that weren't showing up on the desktop.  I removed the two power cords to the two hard drives; I removed the two data cords; took out the two hard drives.  Then I re-installed the two hard drives as if they just came off the factory floor.  I re-connected the two data cords; I re-connected the two power cords and booted up.  All the hard drives are now working perfectly!!

  • by rccharles,Helpful

    rccharles rccharles May 23, 2013 2:02 PM in response to Angel Llorente
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    May 23, 2013 2:02 PM in response to Angel Llorente

    Sometimes if volumes don't appear in Startup Manager (what you get when you hold down the Option key at startup), you need to reset the Mac's PRAM, NVRAM, and Open Firmware. Shut down the Mac, then power it up, and before the screen lights up, quickly hold down the Command, Option, P, and R keys, until the Mac has chimed twice more after the powerup chime.

     

    Then, before the screen lights up, hold down Command-Option-O-F until the Open Firmware screen appears. Then enter these lines, pressing Return after each one:

     

    reset-nvram

    set-defaults

    reset-all

     

    "The reset-all command should restart your Mac. If so, you have successfully reset the Open Firmware settings."

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1812?viewlocale=en_US

     

    Should the fail...

    Try taking the battery out for 10 minutes.  Put battery back in.  Cross fingers. Power the machine back on.

     

    How to eject a cd from the internal cd drive:

    eject cd

     

    List of devices:

    devalias

     

    List of variables:

    printenv

     

    More than you ever wanted to know about open firmware

    http://www.firmworks.com/QuickRef.html

  • by Angel Llorente,

    Angel Llorente Angel Llorente May 23, 2013 7:21 PM in response to rccharles
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    May 23, 2013 7:21 PM in response to rccharles

    Thanks a million, rccharles!!  I can use all the advice I can get!!