On Sep 20, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote:

> I have my backup disk on all the time so it works with my time  
> machine.
> I happened to look in the corner of the screen where the icon is
> supposed to be and it isn't there. I checked and the disk is still on
> and is warm. I tried urning it off and on, but that didn't do
> anything. I went to the disk utility and the disk shows up in the list
> but I can't mount it.
> What do I do next?

Yikes, if it's unmountable, it's not in good shape.

reboot your Mac with the backup off, and turn the drive on, see if  
Disk Utility can repair it. If not, start shopping for a new external  
drive.

--
Bruce Johnson

"No matter where you go, there you are", B. Banzai


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