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Hi guys, I wonder if anyone can help me...
I have a 1.2GHz G4 iBook, running Tiger 10.4.11 and have a number of external HDs that have stopped working for some reason.
While two are portable, the third has only ever been my desktop back-up, yet it too now refuses to mount.
All three still light up and spin up, but I cannot get them to mount on my Mac, nor show up on my old XP PC.
The drives in question all use FireWire400, with the desktop drive also USB-capable (this is the one I have tried on the PC) but I cannot get them to mount at all. I am able to piggyback a working FW400 drive through the 'dead' drives, so where do I go next, as a lot of work data, iTunes libraries etc are locked just out of my reach.
I get these messages when I use Disk Utility - though this is for my desktop HD, I get the same for the other two drives as well:
Verifying volume “MAXTOR 150 GB”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid node structure_
The volume MAXTOR 150 GB needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
Verify and Repair disk “MAXTOR 150 GB”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid node structure_
Volume check failed.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of an error
It seems like it should be possible to recover these drives, as they DO work (or at least, the drives spin when they're plugged in) but I have used my limited Mac knowledge and come up short so far.
I need a genius to help lead me through this...
Any ideas??
I have a 1.2GHz G4 iBook, running Tiger 10.4.11 and have a number of external HDs that have stopped working for some reason.
While two are portable, the third has only ever been my desktop back-up, yet it too now refuses to mount.
All three still light up and spin up, but I cannot get them to mount on my Mac, nor show up on my old XP PC.
The drives in question all use FireWire400, with the desktop drive also USB-capable (this is the one I have tried on the PC) but I cannot get them to mount at all. I am able to piggyback a working FW400 drive through the 'dead' drives, so where do I go next, as a lot of work data, iTunes libraries etc are locked just out of my reach.
I get these messages when I use Disk Utility - though this is for my desktop HD, I get the same for the other two drives as well:
Verifying volume “MAXTOR 150 GB”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid node structure_
The volume MAXTOR 150 GB needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
Verify and Repair disk “MAXTOR 150 GB”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid node structure_
Volume check failed.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of an error
It seems like it should be possible to recover these drives, as they DO work (or at least, the drives spin when they're plugged in) but I have used my limited Mac knowledge and come up short so far.
I need a genius to help lead me through this...
Any ideas??