iMac - Desperately Need Help Asap

Sambo110 · Sambo110 #1 (**permalink**)

08-13-2007, 06:09 AM

HELP.
I accidently dragged my hard drive to the recycle bin and it ejected, and i have no idea how to get it back! Luckily it was only my games hard rive, but i still want to get it back asap. PLEASE HELP.

schweb · schweb #2 (**permalink**)

08-13-2007, 06:10 AM

I don't believe you can get it back.

Sambo110 · Sambo110 #3 (**permalink**)

08-13-2007, 06:13 AM

Are you being serious? Why would Apple let you be able to do it then??? ARRR

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #4 (**permalink**)

08-13-2007, 06:25 AM

External or Internal drive?

christm · christm #5 (**permalink**)

08-13-2007, 06:29 AM

if its external it should have just ejected it. so unplug it and plug it back in. if its internal i think that a lot more serious.

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #6 (**permalink**)

08-13-2007, 06:31 AM

You can not throw out the boot drive. OSX will not allow it. Windows will not either. Like Christm said, if it's external, you ejected it. Turn it off and back on or unplug the cable and plug it back. It will come back.

If you use the disk utility and erase it, then it might be a different story!

Sambo110 · Sambo110 #7 (**permalink**)

08-13-2007, 06:35 AM

Ok. It is inside my mac. I accidently dragged the hard drive picture on my desktop to the recycle bin. How do i get it back?

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #8 (**permalink**)

08-13-2007, 06:36 AM

What Mac do you own? Which version of OSX?

Open Utilities, Disk Utility and see if the drive shows up there.

And have you tried a reboot?

Sambo110 · Sambo110 #9 (**permalink**)

08-13-2007, 06:38 AM

I have an eMac. I just chose iMac because i had to have a prefix. I did reboot it and nothing happened.

Sambo110 · Sambo110 #10 (**permalink**)

08-13-2007, 06:40 AM

Oh, It is in disc utility now, but as a blank page. I clicked repair and it said no repairs were necessary and it is still a page. Should i click restore?

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #11 (**permalink**)

08-13-2007, 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sambo110

I have an eMac. I just chose iMac because i had to have a prefix. I did reboot it and nothing happened.

Is it running OSX? If so did you open Disk Utility in Applications/Utilities?

Sambo110 · Sambo110 #12 (**permalink**)

08-13-2007, 06:45 AM

Yeah i said its in disc utility now. I am running 10.4.10, the latest one. Should i click restore??

MacHeadCase · MacHeadCase #13 (**permalink**)

08-13-2007, 06:47 AM

Did you open Finder preferences to make sure the hard drive icon is ticked on and set to appear on your desktop? Maybe your dragging the icon to the trash disabled it.

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #14 (**permalink**)

08-13-2007, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sambo110

Yeah i said its in disc utility now. I am running 10.4.10, the latest one. Should i click restore??

If you click on the drive, can you click on Mount at the top of Disk Utility? If so, click Mount.

Sambo110 · Sambo110 #15 (**permalink**)

08-13-2007, 06:52 AM

It said unmount up top. I clicked unmount then mount but it still has the blank page, but no icon on my desktop. Should i just restore it?

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Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,816 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	08-13-2007, 06:25 AM External or Internal drive? ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines
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Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,816 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	08-13-2007, 06:31 AM You can not throw out the boot drive. OSX will not allow it. Windows will not either. Like Christm said, if it's external, you ejected it. Turn it off and back on or unplug the cable and plug it back. It will come back. If you use the disk utility and erase it, then it might be a different story! ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines
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Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,816 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	08-13-2007, 06:36 AM What Mac do you own? Which version of OSX? Open Utilities, Disk Utility and see if the drive shows up there. And have you tried a reboot? ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines
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Sambo110 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 13, 2007 Posts: 22 Mac Specs: eMac 1.25 ghz, 1 gig ram, 32 mb graphics card	08-13-2007, 06:09 AM HELP. I accidently dragged my hard drive to the recycle bin and it ejected, and i have no idea how to get it back! Luckily it was only my games hard rive, but i still want to get it back asap. PLEASE HELP.
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Sambo110 #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 13, 2007 Posts: 22 Mac Specs: eMac 1.25 ghz, 1 gig ram, 32 mb graphics card	08-13-2007, 06:35 AM Ok. It is inside my mac. I accidently dragged the hard drive picture on my desktop to the recycle bin. How do i get it back?
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Sambo110 #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 13, 2007 Posts: 22 Mac Specs: eMac 1.25 ghz, 1 gig ram, 32 mb graphics card	08-13-2007, 06:38 AM I have an eMac. I just chose iMac because i had to have a prefix. I did reboot it and nothing happened.
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Sambo110 #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 13, 2007 Posts: 22 Mac Specs: eMac 1.25 ghz, 1 gig ram, 32 mb graphics card	08-13-2007, 06:40 AM Oh, It is in disc utility now, but as a blank page. I clicked repair and it said no repairs were necessary and it is still a page. Should i click restore?
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Sambo110 #12 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 13, 2007 Posts: 22 Mac Specs: eMac 1.25 ghz, 1 gig ram, 32 mb graphics card	08-13-2007, 06:45 AM Yeah i said its in disc utility now. I am running 10.4.10, the latest one. Should i click restore??
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MacHeadCase #13 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	08-13-2007, 06:47 AM Did you open Finder preferences to make sure the hard drive icon is ticked on and set to appear on your desktop? Maybe your dragging the icon to the trash disabled it.
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Sambo110 #15 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 13, 2007 Posts: 22 Mac Specs: eMac 1.25 ghz, 1 gig ram, 32 mb graphics card	08-13-2007, 06:52 AM It said unmount up top. I clicked unmount then mount but it still has the blank page, but no icon on my desktop. Should i just restore it?
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