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I run three Freecom Quattro external HDD on my Mac Pro [10.6.8]. Two are 3TB, one 500GB. Recently I decided to replace the 500 GB disk with another 3TB, which is where the problems began.
One disk was fine but the second [disk 2 we’ll call it] started cutting up rough. It disappeared altogether from Finder and Disk Utility when I fired up the new drive and I haven’t been able to get them to work together since. Even when I’m careful to eject the other disks before starting the new one I keep getting ‘the disk wasn’t properly ejected’ messages whenever I try starting or re-staring ‘disk 2’ in the presence of the newcomer.
It strange because I can restore the 500GB hard drive and all three show in Disk Utility and Finder without a hitch. Is it running 3x3TB disks it’s objecting to or something else? I’ve swapped everything about and I’m certain it isn’t the cables or the Firewire drive [don't suppose the 500GB drive would work anyway if the explanation were that simple].
This is my second attempt. I returned the first one I bought to Amazon only to have the same problem show up in the replacement. Since I’ve successfully formatted the new drive I’m fairly certain it isn’t a faulty disk. Thanks for any suggestions.
One disk was fine but the second [disk 2 we’ll call it] started cutting up rough. It disappeared altogether from Finder and Disk Utility when I fired up the new drive and I haven’t been able to get them to work together since. Even when I’m careful to eject the other disks before starting the new one I keep getting ‘the disk wasn’t properly ejected’ messages whenever I try starting or re-staring ‘disk 2’ in the presence of the newcomer.
It strange because I can restore the 500GB hard drive and all three show in Disk Utility and Finder without a hitch. Is it running 3x3TB disks it’s objecting to or something else? I’ve swapped everything about and I’m certain it isn’t the cables or the Firewire drive [don't suppose the 500GB drive would work anyway if the explanation were that simple].
This is my second attempt. I returned the first one I bought to Amazon only to have the same problem show up in the replacement. Since I’ve successfully formatted the new drive I’m fairly certain it isn’t a faulty disk. Thanks for any suggestions.