On Dec 21, 4:14 am, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom wrote: > > I was given a 500-gig FireWire 800 external drive (generic, I guess;
> Even if the drive wasn't mounted Disk Utility would show it. If it > doesn't show the drive at all it means the OS isn't seeing it as a drive. > > > > What do you do with a thing like this? > > Look at System Profiler, under FireWire. It should at least show the > IDE (or SATA) to FW interface if not the drive itself. > And if there is no hope there, maybe put the drive mechanism into another enclosure. Al Poulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
