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> From: Charles Davis <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Friday, January 2, 2009 8:07:12 PM
> Subject: Re: External FW drive mounts on SOME machines not others
>
>
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> On Jan 2, 2009, at 7:13 PM, ProGearDeal wrote:
>
> >
> > Try turn on the system
> > Power up the drive then connect the firewire cable.
> >
>
> Since I'm not certain of the 'robustness' of the Firewire interface
> in the first place, I don't think I like the idea of 'Hot Plugging'
> the FW cable. Just my foible.
>
On Mac's much older than your MDD I sometimes have to unplug and replug the
FireWire cable to the FW port on the drive to get the drive to mount. Perhaps a
bad connection or some other fault with the FW port or cable.
However if you are not comfortable with the procedure, then don't do it. Maybe
there is another solution. ---glen
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