ok, so ive had my FreeAgent 500GB Seagate External for about a month - worked fine up until now.
everything is plugged in correctly, and the power light on the device is on, but for some reason my computer is not recognizing it? Is my drive broken?
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Hmm, that's weird. Try restarting the MacBook, and reconnecting then.
Also, open up Disk Utility (just Spotlight it), and see if it can 'see' the external hard drive there. Sometimes, the external hard drive can be seen in Disk Utility even though it doesn't show up on the Desktop. -
already tried...stil won't recognizing it.
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Hmm, I have no other suggestions right off the top...here's an article right from Seagate regarding OS X and not recognizing the hard drive. See if it helps:
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...toid=4ee24a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD -
nice article, unfortunately doesn't help :/ but thanks for the effort Sam, always appreciated.
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No problem, chant. Hope you get the problem fixed, I have no other suggestions
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fixed it -- it just needed about an hour rest..that was all :]
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Oh, good to hear, chant. Hope it doesn't happen again, and if it does, you know what to do
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my external wont work now?
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by chant, Sep 17, 2007.