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Can't See External Hard Drive

Hi,

At one point, I had 4 external hard drives plugged into my IMAC and I could see all of them. For some reason, now, I can't see one of the drives that is plugged directly into the back of my IMAC (USB Port), but I can see one of the external drives that is plugged into a USB hub... But no others...???? I have checked plugs, power, etc... I haven't made any major changes. Can anyone help?

Thanks!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 18, 2012 7:59 AM

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sanjampet

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Posted on Feb 18, 2012 12:57 PM

open finder go to prefences>general, see if the HD and external drives are checked. If they are checked uncheck them, close the finder then reopen and check them again.

Try ejecting the drives and reinstalling them.

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Dec 30, 2016 7:47 AM in response to Leejg

I had this issue having not used my external hard drives (format NTFS) for a while, then updating the OS.

The solution is install a Paragon NTFS driver, https://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/. I found this out on another forum and it works. I tried the Finder "solution" and various reset PRAM and SMC resets, but this is the only one that worked for me. My drives are SAMSUNG 1TB, I installed a driver for a Seagate drive and it worked fine after a reboot.

Hope it helps

Liam

Can't See External Hard Drive