Re: unconnected drives show up in DiskUtility
> Try starting in safe mode: hold down the shift key while booting. Thanks Bruce. Only, I couldn’t try it out: a day or two later, when my busy friend finally gave me a chance to do a safe boot on his MacBook, I quickly checked Disk Utility before restarting, and those drives were gone. The mystery remains... -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: unconnected drives show up in DiskUtility
On Jan 19, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Geke wrote: > > And how do I get rid of them? Is there a cache or something to clean? > It seems his computer has slowed down because of this ghost drives. > > Just to make sure: I’m talking drives, not volumes. Try starting in safe mode: hold down the shift key while booting. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
unconnected drives show up in DiskUtility
Sorry for this question about a non-PPC-Mac, but my friend’s MacBook Pro running 10.6 couldn’t read his external harddisk and he asked me to help. I looked in DiskUtility which showed the drive but couldn’t mount it. I guess the drive is failing -- I have to test more. But the weird thing is that two other drives were shown, also unmounted, which were not connected at all. And he doesn’t have such drives even, he says. My theory: maybe he unplugged those drives without properly unmounting them, on one of his travels to exchange expertise and data? And how do I get rid of them? Is there a cache or something to clean? It seems his computer has slowed down because of this ghost drives. Just to make sure: I’m talking drives, not volumes. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
