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External Hard Drive does not show up in Finder

My external hard drive is not showing up in Finder.

It shows up in Disc Utility, but I do not have access to it. I have tried the following:

command-shift c, nothing happens
confirmed in Preferences/General that external hard drive was checked
tried another cable
tried another port on the back of the external drive
tried to connect through the USB port
re-started, etc.

MacBook Pro 15in, Mac OS X (10.5.8), iPhone

Posted on Oct 20, 2009 12:51 PM

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Dec 25, 2009 3:11 AM in response to Lyssa

I have same problem after installing OS 10.5.8. Disk utility sees the hard drive, the computer does not. Disk utility says invalid node structure. Volume check failed. Filesystem verify or repair failed.

I have not been able to figure out how to start a new topic here, but did find this discussion, which fits me fairly close.

What do i do now?

Dec 25, 2009 3:26 PM in response to zone-5

zone-5 wrote:
I have same problem after installing OS 10.5.8. Disk utility sees the hard drive, the computer does not. Disk utility says invalid node structure. Volume check failed. Filesystem verify or repair failed.


That means the directory is corrupt. If you have a heavy-duty 3rd-party disk repair app, such as +Disk Warrior,+ it may be able to fix it. Otherwise, your only option is to erase and reformat the disk. They're not cheap -- Disk Warrior is about $100. And for Leopard, you need version 4.1.1 or 4.2.

I have not been able to figure out how to start a new topic here, but did find this discussion, which fits me fairly close.


Just above the list of topics, on the left, is a +Post New Topic+ option.

Dec 25, 2009 3:34 PM in response to Cryptcll

Hi, and welcome to the forums.

I don't know about iPods, but for external disks, via the Finder's menubar, select +Finder > Preferences > General,+ and/or +Finder > Preferences > Sidebar,+ then check the box for +External Disks.+ If it's already checked, remove the check and put it back.

If that doesn't help, try the Disk Utility app, in your Applications/Utilities folder.

If the disk appears there, but not on your desktop or Finder sidebar, see Kappy's formatting instructions here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10749422&#10749422

External Hard Drive does not show up in Finder

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