Hi Blitto, Does sound like the external HD has some file corruption.
Have you tried repairing the external drive using Disk Utility in OS X Recovery HD partition? Restart the computer and hold the Command-R keys until you see the Apple symbol. Once in Recovery HD - OS X Utilities select Disk Utility - select the hard drive that reported the error, click the “First Aid” tab, and then click on “Repair Disk” If no success in Recovery HD Disk Utility, do you have Disk Warrior ? Disk Warrior ‘might’ be able to repair the external drive if Recovery HD Disk Utility can’t. If all above fails to repair the external drive - Do you have Data Rescue 4? A Data Recovery place will charge you even if they are unable to recover any files for you, so worth giving Data Rescue a go first. Cheers, Ronni > On 18 Jun 2016, at 5:28 PM, Rod Blitvich <rb...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > Hi Ronni > I think I might send him to a data recovery place. > cheers > Blitto > > > WD My Passport 0820 > 2 TB > > Has lived in his backpack without a protective case apparently!! > > Storing videos and files > > not journalled > file system - unknown > Capacity - 2TB > Used - 2 TB !!!!! (although he claims it had 1.5 TB free) > > No eject button on left > > First Aid process failed File system verify or repair failed If possible back > up the data on this volume > Operation failed > > <image.gif> > > Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Good Ideas > 0409 681 256 > rb...@iinet.net.au <x-msg://329/rb...@iinet.net.au> > > > >> On 17 Jun 2016, at 2:50 PM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com >> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >> >> >>> On 14 Jun 2016, at 7:41 PM, Rod Blitvich <rb...@iinet.net.au >>> <mailto:rb...@iinet.net.au>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi WAMUGers >>> My son has a portable hard drive that is not functioning all of a sudden. >>> Disk First Aid reports a problem. “unable to unmount volume for repair" >>> Amy suggestions please? Especially recovering the data. >> >> Hi Blitto, >> >> I've just noticed your post to the list. >> More info required about the external drive: “not functioning all of a >> sudden”… more detail please. >> >> Was the portable hard drive being used only for Time Machine backups? >> How is it formatted? >> >> Disk Utility can no longer verify a disk, making sure it’s OK without >> unmounting it or performing other operations. >> First Aid must be able to unmount a drive, or you’ll get an error. Click >> Show Details and you’ll see a bit more of what’s happening under the hood. >> Post all the problem error message and any other information. >> >> In the left side panel under External - what happens when you click the >> eject button next to the mounted volume in the list? >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) >> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz >> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM >> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage >> >> El Capitan OS X 10.11.5 >>> >>> ta >>> Rod >>> >>> <image.gif> >>> >>> Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad >>> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >>> Good Ideas >>> 0409 681 256 >>> rb...@iinet.net.au <x-msg://329/rb...@iinet.net.au> >>> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> Cheers, Ronni 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage El Capitan OS X 10.11.5
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