Hi Wallace, thank you for your help, here's the info: What file system were they formatted in? They are in Journaled HFS+
Do you shut it down regularly with no similar problem? Yes Have you mounted them to any other machines recently? No Have you installed any new software or updates recently that may have files in startup or shutdown folders? No, I started to install Flash 10, but did not get through the process because this requires OS X 10.4 or greater. I hope this is helpful. One other thing, when I booted up before this problem, the computer got stuck at the grey apple screen, sat there for over 10 minutes so I had to hard restart it. > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Ken W <ken...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am running a PowerMac G4 dual 450 with OS X 10.3.9. I have 2 external >> firewire hard drives, a LaCie 80 GB and a LaCie 750 GB. The 750 has 3 >> partitions. Everything was working great, but I powered off my computer >> today and now when I rebooted the 80 GB is unmounted, and 2 of the 3 >> partitions on the 750 are unmounted. Disk Utility can see these unmounted >> drives/ partitions, but can not mount them. >> >> What the heck? I am not that technical with this kind of stuff. >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---