Q: external hard drive not recognized by computer
My MacBook Pro stopped recognizing my external hard drive, a G-force mini. I tried it on my wife's MBP and again, no luck. I switched cables and tried my Firewire cable - still no good. The hard drive lights up, but I don't hear any noise coming from it. How can I get it working again, or at least, recover the data on it?
Aperture 3, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Posted on Feb 15, 2016 6:39 PM
Is it powered by the USB or FireWire bus?
Or does it have its own AC power adopter?
Since you can't hear it spinning that typically means:
- The drive is defective
- Not enough power is getting to the drive. That can be a prolme with bus powered drives. If AC powered than problem with power supply.
Since some info is listed in DU for the disk is not totally dead. DU is getting some info rom the actual drive
Posted on Feb 16, 2016 1:53 PM