The volume of the external drive will be grayed out until the Disk is ‘verified’ and then ‘Repaired’. But the external drive should show as it’s the volume which hasn’t been ejected correctly.
Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 10 Mar 2019, at 2:17 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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> > -- 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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