No, not really, sorry. I haven't ventured beyond the 250GB mark yet. I've stuck with the Porsche designed 250GB drives and have had practically no trouble from any of them relating to the drives themselves (3 FW & 1 USB). That last one was a reconditioned USB unit from the LaCie online site for $80. Should be excellent to store my music on. : )
Regards, Russ Preston On Jul 3, 2006, at 10:16 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > No, dragging it to the trash doesn't work either. I think Russ is > correct that the problem resides in the drive itself. I hooked it > up to another computer and got the same results. Other external > drives that are connected to that same computer do not have this > problem, so it seems to be specific to the drive. > > The drive is one of LaCie's 500GB "Big Disks." I've had several of > these and have had a fair amount of trouble with them. Anyone have > any recommendations on reliable 500GB or larger external drives? > > Dan > >> What if you drag it to the trash. Does that do the job? >>> >>> From: Dan Crutcher <dcrutcher at loumag.com> >>> Date: 2006/07/03 Mon PM 03:20:04 EDT >>> To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >>> Subject: MacGroup: Disk mount/unmount problem >>> >>> On our office network there is a particular disk -- an external >>> Firewire drive attached to an eMac -- that if mounted on a remote >>> computer cannot be unmounted. Here's a description of what happens: >>> >>> 1. Disk (let's call it Drive A) is accessed over the network from, >>> say, my PowerBook. It appears on my desktop as expected and I am >>> able >>> to copy files to and from it. After I'm finished using Drive A, I >>> select it and press Cmd-E to "eject" or unmount it. I notice that it >>> does not immediately go away, so I try to click on it and then it >>> does disappear. However, if I open up a new window (with the side >>> panel open so I can see mounted drives), Drive A is still listed in >>> that window as being mounted, even though it does not show up on the >>> Desktop. >>> >>> I try clicking on the "disconnect" icon in the side panel and >>> nothing >>> happens. >>> >>> If I go to the computer that this drive is physically attached to >>> and >>> try to unmount it there, I get the message "this disk is in use and >>> could not be ejected." If I run Disk Utility on it, I get "Repairing >>> disk failed with error Could not unmount disk." Other network users >>> are unable to access the disk. The only way I can find to make the >>> disk usable again is to restart the computer it's attached to. >>> >>> Has anyone else run into this problem, or have any ideas about >>> possible causes/solutions? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Dan | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be June 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
