On Feb 18, 2011, at 5:47 AM, nick telis wrote: > > I connected the drive to my wife's 2010 iMac (OS 10.6) and the disk utility > sees it and the volume name, but again they are grayed out along with the > "Mount" button. I tried to reformat it with her Disk Utility and it just > hangs on "Un-mounting Drive" > > > Any suggestions?
That's bad news, and usually means the drive is actually failing (regardless of SMART status) The only times I ever see those problems in Disk Utility are when the drive is dead, and cannot be recovered. Bust it open and get some strong fridge magnets out of it :-/ -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
