Unplugged External without Ejecting- Now What

jrod81 · jrod81 #1 (**permalink**)

05-22-2008, 12:06 PM

Hey guys,
My mac froze up and gave me the wheel of death for about 2 minutes so I just turned it off. I totally forgot that I had my WD Passport in the USB when I did that. So, I turned the computer back on and now the external hard drive WD Passport won't mount or show up on my desktop. I took it to another computer across the hall (also a mac) and it is not mounting there either. Help me out if you can!!! I have about 200 gigs of stuff on there so I really don't need this to happen!!!
thanks
jared

fleurya · fleurya #2 (**permalink**)

05-22-2008, 12:50 PM

That's crazy. I unplug my drives all the time without ejecting and have never had a problem. I'd trying plugging into a PC to see what happens. Other than that, you may have to take it to a professional.

fleurya #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 18, 2006 Location: Anytown, USA Posts: 4,924 Mac Specs: 27" iMac 2.7GHz Core i5, iPhone 4S, 3rd gen iPad	05-22-2008, 12:50 PM That's crazy. I unplug my drives all the time without ejecting and have never had a problem. I'd trying plugging into a PC to see what happens. Other than that, you may have to take it to a professional. "Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others"
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jrod81 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 20, 2007 Posts: 616	05-22-2008, 12:06 PM Hey guys, My mac froze up and gave me the wheel of death for about 2 minutes so I just turned it off. I totally forgot that I had my WD Passport in the USB when I did that. So, I turned the computer back on and now the external hard drive WD Passport won't mount or show up on my desktop. I took it to another computer across the hall (also a mac) and it is not mounting there either. Help me out if you can!!! I have about 200 gigs of stuff on there so I really don't need this to happen!!! thanks jared
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