I use a maxtor 500GB external HDD to store my music and videos. My macbook runs Mac OSX 10.4.11. A few months ago, my macbook started having trouble detecting this drive when plugged in. Sometimes, the drive will work fine. Other times, it will power up, make some noise for a long time, then power down without being detected.
Recently, it completely stopped being recognized. The drive does show up in disk utility, but I have tons of data on this disk that I really need to recover, and I don't want to reformat it without backing it up.
I also noticed that on those few occasions that it used to be detected, if the usb cable was touched even slightly, the disk would be disconnected.
PLZ HALP!!
Recently, it completely stopped being recognized. The drive does show up in disk utility, but I have tons of data on this disk that I really need to recover, and I don't want to reformat it without backing it up.
I also noticed that on those few occasions that it used to be detected, if the usb cable was touched even slightly, the disk would be disconnected.
PLZ HALP!!