iMac does not see external data hdd

harris.b · harris.b #1 (**permalink**)

01-11-2012, 01:25 PM

iMac does not see (in Disk Utilities) an external data hdd taken out of my old MacBook laptop. Any idea as to what I can do. Indicator light, on case I installed hdd into, is "on" showing there is power to it.

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

01-11-2012, 02:45 PM

Are you using the correct carrier case to place the hard drive into from your MacBook? If the drive was removed from a MacBook it has to be a SATA drive. That means the carrier case likewise has to support a SATA drive.

harris.b · harris.b #3 (**permalink**)

01-12-2012, 10:49 AM

Person at "Genius Bar" wrote what kind of case to get. when I finally got iMac to see the seagate 120gb hdd. disk utility gave me an error message of Partition map check failed because no slices were found." Can not find out on Apple web site what error means. Any suggestions????? Do not want to format till I get some pictures off of hdd...

chscag · chscag #4 (**permalink**)

01-12-2012, 02:29 PM

It sounds like the partition map (table) on the drive is munged. Which means the data is there but you can't get at it. How important are the photos? If they're important enough, you can try data recovery software or try to repair the drive with more sophisticated software. Both expensive, however.

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Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,378 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	01-11-2012, 02:45 PM Are you using the correct carrier case to place the hard drive into from your MacBook? If the drive was removed from a MacBook it has to be a SATA drive. That means the carrier case likewise has to support a SATA drive. Community Guidelines
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Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,378 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	01-12-2012, 02:29 PM It sounds like the partition map (table) on the drive is munged. Which means the data is there but you can't get at it. How important are the photos? If they're important enough, you can try data recovery software or try to repair the drive with more sophisticated software. Both expensive, however. Data Rescue 3 Disk Warrior Community Guidelines
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Member Since: Jan 11, 2012 Posts: 2	01-11-2012, 01:25 PM iMac does not see (in Disk Utilities) an external data hdd taken out of my old MacBook laptop. Any idea as to what I can do. Indicator light, on case I installed hdd into, is "on" showing there is power to it.
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