Yes it is still spinning and disc utility recognises it however there's no option of disc repair or repair permissions available. Should i be looking for some software that can possibly view the files now? Thanks
Matt On 22 Dec 2009, at 20:32, "Jason Davies" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 21 Dec 2009, at 13:03, Matt Healey wrote: > >> My brother has just purchased a new macbook and wanted to use his >> Lacie hard disk with it. When we plugged it in no data appeared at >> all. He then tried it on his old PC and the same problem appeared. >> I’m not whether it is just a coincidence that the drive has faile >> d or indeed whether plugging it into the mac has caused this. Anyw >> ay do you know of a good (and preferably free) app that can try to >> recover his files? > > is it USB or Firewire, and if you have both, have you tried both? > > Does Disk Utility see it at all? Does it spin up at all (put your > hand on it when powering up)? Do you have a different power supply > if there's a separate one? > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
