firelite won't mount 1414 Responses

Last post: 4 years, 7 months ago | Thread started: Oct 12, 08, 7:14 p.m.

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• _salisae_

  suddenly my external drive won't mount! right in the midst of a computer change too.

  it whirs like it's going to work but never shows on either computer. i've restarted many times. i need to test the cable but the cable store was closed. any other suggestions?

  should i bang it?

  Oct 12, 08, 7:14 p.m. – Permalink

• acescence

  is it recognized in disk utility?

  • no :..(– _salisae_

  

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  Dog-earOct 12, 08, 7:15 p.m. – Permalink

• acescence

  disk warrior

  • (if it's not the cable)– acescence

  

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  Dog-earOct 12, 08, 7:19 p.m. – Permalink

• Tark

  do you have another usb port to test it on?

  • firewire?– Tark1/2

    yes. i have an imac which doesn't recognize it either.– _salisae_2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 12, 08, 7:26 p.m. – Permalink

• JG_LB

  aren't firelites firewire

  • mine at work are anyway– JG_LB1/2

    yes .. i think it's just a smaller drive– _salisae_2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 12, 08, 7:26 p.m. – Permalink

• jedipunk

  Are you on a Mac? if so make sure that your firelite is disconnected and press "command + shift + g" - enter the text "/volumes" and press enter (or click go). You should see all of the mounted volumes. If you see your firelite drive still mounted (this can happen when it is not unmounted correctly before disconnecting). Delete the alias of the firelite drive (again, make sure your firelite is not connected). Then try plugging in your firelite drive and see if that resolves the issue.

  • nice tip jedi– marychain1/2

    yeah that one has helped me out on a few occasions :D– jedipunk2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 12, 08, 8:39 p.m. – Permalink

• cashface

  bang it

  

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  Dog-earOct 12, 08, 8:45 p.m. – Permalink

• _salisae_

  i tried your suggestion, jedi. thank you for that. didn't work tho .. it's not there. :((((

  it seems like the cable does work since the drive whirs when i plug it in. recently i maxed it's capacity .. that was the first time i'd done that. perhaps that screwed it up.

  

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  Dog-earOct 12, 08, 9:20 p.m. – Permalink

• studderine

  daammmnn...maybe time for a new one...?

  

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  Dog-earOct 12, 08, 9:34 p.m. – Permalink

• moveinspace

  Hope you figure it out salisae. It only takes losing your hard drive one time to learn a valuable lesson. Always always always archive important things.

  • thanks, moveinspace. i read someone with the same issue just kept trying and eventually it mounted. i'm not giving up that easy!– _salisae_1/2

    fingers crossed;)– moveinspace2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 12, 08, 9:35 p.m. – Permalink

• _salisae_

  i have everything i really need .. there is a folder on the drive i titled 'everything' and i can't remember what was in it! i think it's just my stupid work from super deluxe which i'm fine to lose. but i can just imagine one day i'll find something vital is missing and at that point i'll cry.

  

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  Dog-earOct 12, 08, 10:01 p.m. – Permalink

• _salisae_

  i took it to the apple store .. plugged it into a laptop with the same cable as always and it mounted.

  my suspicion is that the drive was too full so i deleted a bunch of files and now it is working at home as well. w00t!

  

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  Dog-earOct 13, 08, 4:24 p.m. – Permalink

• _salisae_

  i was left to my own devices since the apple salesman i was working with went to change into his 'ask me everything' shirt. and unfortunately, an external drive connected to a laptop doesn't look good to the other salesmen. they thought i was installing viruses or something cus they freaked.

  

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  Dog-earOct 13, 08, 4:27 p.m. – Permalink

• MrOneHundred

  Good thing you recently backed it up.

  

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  Dog-earOct 13, 08, 4:27 p.m. – Permalink

• hallelujah

  THANK GOD

  • I often imagine what would happen if a fire or thief took all my backups– hallelujah1/4

    I would have to kill myself– hallelujah2/4

    :D our holiday photos were saved– _salisae_3/4

    christ that would be devastating.– _salisae_4/4

  

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  Dog-earOct 13, 08, 4:39 p.m. – Permalink