PJ, When this happened on a PC laptop I had a dozen years ago, I updated the BIOS to fix it (with our tech support guy at my elbow). I know that the EFI in Macs works somewhat differently, but wonder if it has acquired a mutation.
Fortunately, I have a Time Machine backup of the data, which is intact. I plan to duplicate it tonight (using my MBP), just 'cause I'm a pessimist. Rick On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 9:12 AM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sounds like a hardware failure. I don't know the answer it depends on > exactly what part of the hardware failed and when. Recovering the data may > be expensive, if it's possible at all. It all depends on what failed, when, > and how. > > > > On 2/20/2018 8:30 AM, Rick Womer wrote: >> >> Herewith the tale of my "AAARGHHHH" yesterday: >> >> Setup: Mac Mini running Lightroom 6 and Firefox as the only non-Apple >> software, OS 10.11. Lightroom catalogs are on the internal HD, the >> photos are on an external HD, and there is a Time Machine backup of >> the whole thing on a second external HD (all spinny). >> >> History: Sunday night I was working on some photos that I hope to >> submit for The Book, when the system bogged down tremendously—as in >> running at slide-rule-and-Morse-code speed. Quitting LR and >> re-launching didn’t help; rebooting was s-l-o-w and didn’t help >> either. I ran Disk Utility on the photo drive, and got a message >> saying there was a problem it couldn’t fix. The backup drive icon >> showed up but wouldn’t open. Many experiments and sleep deprivation >> ensued. Yesterday morning the drives didn’t even show appear on the >> desktop. >> >> Last evening, I ran Disk Utility from the CDs that came with my Mac >> Mini (it’s not new!), and it now boots at normal speed. However, it >> does not react at all to having external drives plugged in—they don’t >> show up on the desktop, even though About This Mac System >> Information/Hardware/Firewire shows that they're connected. >> >> Two external drives are now connected to my MBP, and are working >> normally. The photo drive shows up on my MBP, but won't open, and Disk >> Utility tells me (in red) that it can't be un-mounted in order to be >> repaired. >> >> What’s going on? What can I do about it? >> >> Rick >> > > -- > America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. > America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. > - P.J. O'Rourke > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
