Can't find internal Hard Drive

NealF · NealF #1 (**permalink**)

03-20-2012, 03:46 PM

Don't know if I accidentally ejected it, but I can no longer find my internal backup drive.

Doesn't show up in Disk Utility either. How do I get it back?

Thanks.

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #2 (**permalink**)

03-20-2012, 05:06 PM

Does it appear greyed out or anything at all in Disk Utility? If not sounds like you have a dead hard drive. You can try booting from the install discs and see if Disk Utility can find it to run repair Disk,

NealF · NealF #3 (**permalink**)

03-20-2012, 05:32 PM

Nope. Not even grayed out. Crap!

I'll give the install disk a try. Thanks.

harryb2448 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,079 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	03-20-2012, 05:06 PM Does it appear greyed out or anything at all in Disk Utility? If not sounds like you have a dead hard drive. You can try booting from the install discs and see if Disk Utility can find it to run repair Disk, *Hang on to those original install discs like grim death! Using OS X.7 or later make a bootable USB thumb drive before running Installer!*
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NealF #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 11	03-20-2012, 03:46 PM Don't know if I accidentally ejected it, but I can no longer find my internal backup drive. Doesn't show up in Disk Utility either. How do I get it back? Thanks.
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