g drive as 'not mounted'

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g drive as 'not mounted'

I am in disk utility seeing that my G drive is 'not mounted'. I am unable to see it on the desktop, finder or sidebar. I ran first aid and it failed (check exit code 8). I have not traveled or upgraded anything in my systems so it seems unwarranted and sudden.

The G drive is in grey and signifying that it has none of my data on it. what are my options and last resorts?

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), external hard drive

Posted on Aug 18, 2017 4:05 PM

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padams35

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Aug 19, 2017 4:39 AM in response to lablair

Option a: Select the greyed out drive in disk utility and then click the 'Mount' button.

Option b: Unplug the drive then plug it back in again.

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