Il giorno 3-01-2012 4:53, Kevin ha scritto: > Recently I have not been able to access a partition on a Firewire hard > drive. When I click on the icon for the partition on my desktop or in > the devices list in the sidebar of the Finder, the Finder seems to blink > and all of the icons on the desktop as well as the finder bar up top all > disappear for a second and then comeback Very strange indeed. Looks like some kind of error happens, so the OS can't access the partition.
Since it appears on the desktop, it has been mounted, though. It might be the directory got corrupted. > I can see the drive in Disk Utility and System Profiler. Disk Utility > says it is fine when I repair it. I'm afraid you can't trust DU 100% when it says the disk is fine. I assume you don't have any other disk tools (like DiskWarrior or Drive Genius) available. > The machine is a 2010 Intel Core 2 Duo Mac Mini running SL 10.6.8 8GB > RAM. It also afects my 17 " 1.5Ghz AL G4 Powerbook Since it happens on tow Macs, I think it's not the Mac, it's the drive. Alas, you cannot extract the drive from the enclosure and connect it directly to those computers; that would rule out problems related to the enclosure. > The drive is a 500GB Seagate 7200 rpm OWC Mercury On The Go 2.5" ATA in > a FW800/USB2 enclosure connected via FW800. Did you try using the USB2 connection? > I'm fairly certain my > data is there and intact just not accessible. SInce other partitions are working, the drive shouldn't have mechanical faults. So yes, your data is likely still there. I believe you could find some hint looking into the OSX error log (or some other logs); I'm pretty sure OSX writes into it whatever happens when things go wrong. I'm sorry I have no idea where you can find those logs, though. You could Google for "check OSX log" or the like. -- 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
