Problems after lion upgrade

writerwoods · writerwoods #1 (**permalink**)

11-11-2011, 12:57 PM

I instralled Lion and now my imac doesn't recognize my external harddrive. What do I do? I waited for hours and still it's not been recognized. I've restarted. Still no satisfaction. Please help

RichardOakley · RichardOakley #2 (**permalink**)

11-11-2011, 02:53 PM

If it is formated NTFS it will not mount without a third party prog

Raz0rEdge · Raz0rEdge #3 (**permalink**)

11-11-2011, 03:51 PM

A little bit of history here..you had Snow Leopard on your iMac before? Your external harddrive was accessible before? You didn't change anything? Are you connecting your external hard drive through a USB or Firewire connection? Is it powered? Do you see/hear any indication that the iMac has sensed that something has been plugged in? If it's USB, does that USB port work for other devices? Does the external hard drive work with other computers?

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

11-11-2011, 03:58 PM

Agreed with Richard, how is the drive formatted?

RichardOakley · RichardOakley #5 (**permalink**)

11-11-2011, 04:08 PM

It does not matter if the drive is external or not and formatted to NTFS it will not mount in Lion
I wanted to attach a drive to my BT hub but Apple say you cannot if it is NTFS

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

11-11-2011, 04:16 PM

Are you saying that even with Paragon installed, Lion will not write or read an NTFS external drive? I have 6 externals here formatted FAT32, Apple and NTFS and all mount.

RichardOakley · RichardOakley #7 (**permalink**)

11-11-2011, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dtravis7

Are you saying that even with Paragon installed, Lion will not write or read an NTFS external drive? I have 6 externals here formatted FAT32, Apple and NTFS and all mount.

I did, in my first post, state 'you cannot mount NTFS without 3rd party prog'

Raz0rEdge · Raz0rEdge #8 (**permalink**)

11-11-2011, 05:00 PM

Why are we assuming that the external drive was formatted in NTFS since the OP has said no such thing or that they were even sharing this drive with a Windows PC?

RichardOakley · RichardOakley #9 (**permalink**)

11-11-2011, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raz0rEdge

Why are we assuming that the external drive was formatted in NTFS since the OP has said no such thing or that they were even sharing this drive with a Windows PC?

No assumption intended just stating a fact

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #10 (**permalink**)

11-11-2011, 05:24 PM

I can mount NTFS just fine. Just in Read. No write without a 3rd party utliity.

Waiting for the OP to respond with more info.

dtravis7 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,803 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	11-11-2011, 03:58 PM Agreed with Richard, how is the drive formatted? ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines
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dtravis7 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,803 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	11-11-2011, 04:16 PM Are you saying that even with Paragon installed, Lion will not write or read an NTFS external drive? I have 6 externals here formatted FAT32, Apple and NTFS and all mount. ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines
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Raz0rEdge #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 17, 2009 Location: MA Posts: 5,822 Mac Specs: 27" i7 iMac with 16GB RAM and 1TB HDD, iPhone 3G & 4, iPod Nano 16GB, iPod Shuffle, iPad 2 16GB WiFi	11-11-2011, 05:00 PM Why are we assuming that the external drive was formatted in NTFS since the OP has said no such thing or that they were even sharing this drive with a Windows PC? -- Regards ...Ashwin Be sure to read the Community Guidelines \| The more information you provide, the better answers you get, remember GIGO.
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dtravis7 #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,803 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	11-11-2011, 05:24 PM I can mount NTFS just fine. Just in Read. No write without a 3rd party utliity. Waiting for the OP to respond with more info. ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines
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writerwoods #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 11, 2011 Posts: 1	11-11-2011, 12:57 PM I instralled Lion and now my imac doesn't recognize my external harddrive. What do I do? I waited for hours and still it's not been recognized. I've restarted. Still no satisfaction. Please help
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RichardOakley #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 11, 2011 Posts: 5	11-11-2011, 02:53 PM If it is formated NTFS it will not mount without a third party prog
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RichardOakley #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 11, 2011 Posts: 5	11-11-2011, 04:08 PM It does not matter if the drive is external or not and formatted to NTFS it will not mount in Lion I wanted to attach a drive to my BT hub but Apple say you cannot if it is NTFS
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