Greetings! Buy or borrow an external Firewire/USB HD case. Pull out your HD from the WD case and instal lit in the external case. Connect via firewire and see if it boots. Some times the internal electronics malfunction but the drive is still good.
Joe On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Paul Weaver <pwea...@westnet.com.au>wrote: > > I have an external four year old 250GB HD which takes about five minutes to > reappear on the desktop after a bootup if the computer has not been shut > down normally, for example after power failure or forced shutdown situation > when the power button is held in for seven seconds. A more modern 1TB HD > appears instantly. > > Cheers, Paul. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Hinchliffe" <hinch...@multiline.com.au> > To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Sent: Tuesday, 23 February, 2010 8:21:46 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing > / Hong Kong / Urumqi > Subject: Re: WD External drive > > > > On 22/02/2010, at 9:05 PM, John Daniels wrote: > > > > > Hi all > > My external backup drive has suddenly stopped backing up and does not > show in Finder or Disc Utility. > > I plugged in another small drive and that works OK. > > Is there any way of diagnosing the problem with the WD external drive? > > Cheers > > John > > > > > Is the non-working drive USB or Firewire? Are you able to test it with a > differnet computer? > > -- > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > > > > > > > -- 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> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > > > -- 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> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > -- 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> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
