i'm using a G4 powerbook and a lacie porsche self powered firewire400 80gb drive... i've been using the external drive to store all of my music on, and its been fine for ages.. not long ago, it started to make a funny noise and since then its been inaccessible although the noise has completely gone...
it won't show up in finder... it will show up in disk utility although it won't mount or unmount... when it does show up in disk utility, the majority of times it refuses to allow me the options of verify or repair... when i can repair.. it fails on exit due to the directory structure.
i've tested the firewire ports, tried diskdoctor (which won't even recognise the drive) and done everything else I can think of?
I'm hesitant to try a reformat yet, as i'd like to keep as much of the music as possible...
any ideas anybody?
2007-02-04
20:44:21
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