Green light is still on!!
2006-10-18 04:57:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Check the connections, turn the drive off and back on.
I that fails, go to the system profiler (Apple menu, About this Mac, More Info...), and check what it says for USB or Firewire (whatever your drive is). If there's no device, it might be the USB/Firewire cord. If there's info for the drive, go online and see if there's any software you're supposed to download.
2006-10-18 05:07:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not enough info. What computer, what operating system version, what drive (USB 1.1, USB 2.0, Firewire 400, Firewire 800, or SCSI [old stuff]), what format for the ext. drive (DOS or Mac Extended)?
If it is USB 1.1, it needs nothing but correct DOS or Mac format to mount, so long as your Mac's USB port and cable works with other USB devices. If the port works with another USB device, open Disk Utility and see if the drive is listed. If it's not there, try the drive on another computer, especially a Windows computer if the drive is DOS format. Windows will complain about the format corruption when Mac doesn't even see the drive. The drive may have a corrupted format. Try to repair with a Windows disk utility.
2006-10-21 23:28:00 · answer #2 · answered by SilverTonguedDevil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋