Re: Device removal warning

2009-06-16 Thread James Devenish
Hi Barry, 2009/6/16 Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au: In the last few days, on waking from sleep in the morning, the computer shows the standard device removal warning The device you removed was not properly put away etc. and the icons for the external disk are not on the I assume

Re: Device removal warning

2009-06-16 Thread James Devenish
Hi Barry, In that case, can I suggest Shutting Down your computer tonight and turning the Firewire drive off, leaving the computer powered off for at least 8 hours, then starting back up again and resuming normal procedures. Has the problem gone away? Some people might suggest resetting (zapping)

Re: Device removal warning

2009-06-16 Thread Barry Sexstone
James As no-one seems to have any definitive answers I have a number of thing I will try and yours will be one of them if I do not have success before then. It will be a slow process as I will have to wait 24 hrs for each trial. However, it is not a problem per se but more an intriguing

Re: Device removal warning

2009-06-16 Thread Robert Howells
Hi Barry, I wonder if your Hard Drive is slow to start because the Power Supply is now not producing the same current as it used to for Start Spin Up ? What current rating does it have ? What make Hard drive is in the enclosure ? Seagate requires more current than eg Western Digital ! ?

Re: Device removal warning

2009-06-16 Thread Barry Sexstone
in the morning, the computer shows the standard device removal warning The device you removed was not properly put away etc. and the icons for the external disk are not on the I assume you are referring to a desktop computer, but if you have a laptop with a bus-powered external drive (i.e., one

Device removal warning

2009-06-15 Thread Barry Sexstone
removal warning The device you removed was not properly put away etc. and the icons for the external disk are not on the desktop. This is a recent phenomenon and does not seem to happen when the computer sleeps during the day. Any clues/advice. Regards Barry -- The WA Macintosh User Group

Re: Device removal warning

2009-06-15 Thread Ronda Brown
in the morning, the computer shows the standard device removal warning The device you removed was not properly put away etc. and the icons for the external disk are not on the desktop. This is a recent phenomenon and does not seem to happen when the computer sleeps during the day. Any clues

Re: Device removal warning

2009-06-15 Thread Barry Sexstone
Intel Mac running 10.5.7 The external drive has two partitions - on running time machine and the other is a backup clone. In the last few days, on waking from sleep in the morning, the computer shows the standard device removal warning The device you removed was not properly put away etc

Re: Device removal warning

2009-06-15 Thread Ronda Brown
have a WD external hard drive connected to firewire 400 port on my Intel Mac running 10.5.7 The external drive has two partitions - on running time machine and the other is a backup clone. In the last few days, on waking from sleep in the morning, the computer shows the standard device removal

Re: Device removal warning

2009-06-15 Thread Barry Sexstone
- on running time machine and the other is a backup clone. In the last few days, on waking from sleep in the morning, the computer shows the standard device removal warning The device you removed was not properly put away etc. and the icons for the external disk are not on the desktop

Re: Device removal warning

2009-06-15 Thread Robert Howells
sleep in the morning, the computer shows the standard device removal warning The device you removed was not properly put away etc. and the icons for the external disk are not on the desktop. This is a recent phenomenon and does not seem to happen when the computer sleeps during the day. Any

Re: Device removal warning

2009-06-15 Thread Barry Sexstone
machine and the other is a backup clone. In the last few days, on waking from sleep in the morning, the computer shows the standard device removal warning The device you removed was not properly put away etc. and the icons for the external disk are not on the desktop. This is a recent