Recently, Leopard has been creating multiple versions of my external drive, i.e. Drive, Drive 1, Drive 2.
This has never happened before, and I usually keep it attached. Could someone please help me? I refuse to keep re-directing where files need to be found, etc. Thanks!
MacBook, 13" Aluminum Unibody (Late 2008 ver.)
If the OS loses a drive when it thinks it would be there, it'll make those files.
In Finder's Menu, select Go menu>Go to Folder, and go to "/volumes". (no quotes)
Volumes is where an alias to your hard drive ("/" at boot) is placed at startup, and where all the "mount points" for auxiliary drives are created for you to access them. This folder is normally hidden from view.
Drives with an extra 1 on the end have a side-effect of mounting a drive with the same name as the system already think exists. Try trashing the duplicates with a 1 or 2 if there are no real files in them, and reboot.
If it does contain data...
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2474
Perhaps the power supply on the external, or the case, or drive is going out.
OSX creating multiple versions of my external drive
