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Toshiba External Hard Drive not recognized by Macbook Pro
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<blockquote data-quote="microsnook" data-source="post: 1349606" data-attributes="member: 218122"><p>Hmm. That is frustrating. </p><p></p><p>Has the drive been abused (Dropped/banged) anything like that?</p><p></p><p>I had an external drive and it fell off my desk and could not work. I managed to get some data off of it and then it stopped completely. </p><p>Stored it in my closet, pulled it out, formatted it a couple times and it still works! Its a back up, back up drive lol.</p><p></p><p>Anyways, sorry to get sidetracked. </p><p></p><p>If the only thing that has happened to the drive has been data transfer, wiping the drive clean should solve the issue. Unless its just a faulty hard drive...</p><p></p><p>Try unplugging it, reconnecting it, open disk utility and then select the HDD and then just hit the erase button and have the format be Mac OS extended.</p><p></p><p>Doesn't matter if you unplug it now, it won't hurt it.</p><p></p><p>It shouldn't take hours to wipe the drive clean. Less than 15 minutes. </p><p></p><p>Tell me if you have any luck. I would just keep trying a few times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="microsnook, post: 1349606, member: 218122"] Hmm. That is frustrating. Has the drive been abused (Dropped/banged) anything like that? I had an external drive and it fell off my desk and could not work. I managed to get some data off of it and then it stopped completely. Stored it in my closet, pulled it out, formatted it a couple times and it still works! Its a back up, back up drive lol. Anyways, sorry to get sidetracked. If the only thing that has happened to the drive has been data transfer, wiping the drive clean should solve the issue. Unless its just a faulty hard drive... Try unplugging it, reconnecting it, open disk utility and then select the HDD and then just hit the erase button and have the format be Mac OS extended. Doesn't matter if you unplug it now, it won't hurt it. It shouldn't take hours to wipe the drive clean. Less than 15 minutes. Tell me if you have any luck. I would just keep trying a few times. [/QUOTE]
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