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External hard drive not showing up on my MacBook Pro

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by ml1962, Oct 13, 2011.

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  1. Norchik Newcomer, in training

    Hello SNGX1275,

    I am having the same issue with my external hardrive. I've been using it every day for months and then all of the sudden it stopped showing up on the desktop yesterday. I opened up the disk utility and the hard drive shows up in there but there is no Mount Point or the blue symbol next to it. What shall I do next? Also, I do not know what a live linux disk is. Please help.
    Thanks.
    Norchik, Aug 10, 2012
    #21

  2. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,893   +117

    If it shows up I would have thought there would be a mount point to click.. So unfortunately I don't have an answer. Have you tried the drive on another computer? Windows computers likely won't be able to read it though, so best to try on a different Mac.
    SNGX1275, Aug 10, 2012
    #22

  3. jabobster Newcomer, in training

    I'm using a mac. I dont know what a live linux disk is, but after an hour of fidgeting with buttons and ejecting it and putting it in again many times, it showed up, and now it worked, thanks anyway!
    jabobster, Aug 12, 2012
    #23

  4. LNCPapa TS Special Forces Posts: 3,948   +120

    I would quickly retrieve my important data from that drive and place it elsewhere.
    LNCPapa, Aug 12, 2012
    #24

  5. ByohanT Newcomer, in training

    Hi,
    I've have the same exact problem as jabobster... "Mount Point: Not Mounted"...but I have no idea what a live linux disk is. I have a macbook pro os x, version 10.4.11.
    Please Help!

    Thanks
    B
    ByohanT, Sep 13, 2012
    #25

  6. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,893   +117

    I don't know that I can help outside of what I have already said in this thread.. perhaps someone else will come along with some additional advice.

    I guess I have one thing to say, if it is a western digital drive, check on their site to see if there is a Mac update for it. Suppose its worth checking the manufacturers site for any updates even if it isn't a WD.
    SNGX1275, Sep 14, 2012
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  7. donggroo Newcomer, in training

    My harddrive wont work too. and in the disk utility it shows it as an internal drive > < I have everything stored in it, how do I recover this?
    donggroo, Nov 3, 2012
    #27

  8. faculae Newcomer, in training

    This was a super helpful thread thanks so much.
    faculae, Mar 23, 2013
    #28

  9. Avavalerie Newcomer, in training

    Firstly thank you very much SNGX1275 for all your help.

    OK! I am having the same issue as most people here.

    It shows up in Disk Utility and now I am attempting to repair it now.

    It says there is:
    Invalid key length??
    Invalid sibling link...??

    And then that the disk cannot be repaired... (check out the screen shot).

    I have used this WD drive with my Macbook previously, why now is it not working and am possibly going to loose a lot of my data because I have to reformat the disk??

    Attached Files:

    Avavalerie, May 19, 2013 at 10:43 PM
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  10. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,893   +117

    SNGX1275, May 21, 2013 at 10:39 PM
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