Ok ha ha ha thanks for that Ronni. I had opened Disk Utility but the volume doesn’t show in the first instance to attempt a repair. But I will keep trying to get it to mount.
I am off to Rushton Park to see the WCE V Dockers Derby soon and will sit down with a wine to have a crack at it again. Regards Pete > On 10 Mar 2019, at 1:49 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > This will take many try’s, but persist with it. You might need a glass or two > of wine or beer Peter. > > 1. Connect the external drive to your wife’s MacBook > 2. Open Disk Utility > in the left column, select the volume of the external > drive > 3. Click ‘Repair Disk’ > You will keep receiving the Error: ‘Disk Utility can’t repair this Disk etc > because the drive has not been ejected properly’ > But keep hitting Repair Disk until it eventually runs correctly through and > completes the process of repairing the drive. > 4. Disconnect the Drive correctly and remove it from the USB port. > > Let’s know if it gets rid of the Notification notice when the external is > connected again to the MacBook. > > Regards, > Ronni > > Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > >> On 10 Mar 2019, at 12:22 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi folks, last night my daughter inadvertently when moving my wife’s MacBook >> with external drive (Photos library) attached, unbeknown to her had caused a >> glitch in the connection to the MBP - probably just wiggled the USB lead. >> When I went to look at it later there was a notification “Disk not ejected >> properly”. Of course she had nothing at all to do with it, it was the >> fairies. Anyway, after that I tried to get the MBP to recognise the external >> drive and it wont recognise it. It wont mount to my wife’s MBP. It mounts >> fine to my own MBP and content is seen as expected. >> >> I have done the PRAM and SMC controller resets and numerous reboots and >> still no luck mounting the drive in either of the two USB ports. >> >> Any tips on this please? >> >> Regards >> >> >> Pete >> -- 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> > -- 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>
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