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"you do not have sufficient access priviliges" on an external HD?
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<blockquote data-quote="lush6" data-source="post: 263689"><p>I have a hard drive that I use in an external case. It works great except when I forget to eject it before shutting down and disconnecting it. Then when I reboot, it takes a while to remount, with the seek light on the drive flashing for a good 15-30 minutes. I *think* it rebuilds the file system, but I don't really know. It works A-OK after that.</p><p></p><p>I was using it on an old iMac at my friend's place, and forgot to eject it before shutting the machine down and disconnecting the drive. Now, at a computer at school (eMac), I plugged it in, and two of the folders on the drive are unable to be accessed. It says that I do not have "sufficient access priviliges" to do anything with them... When I try to get info for them, it just says "retrieving" for size. Oh, and the seek light has been flashing for a good 45 minutes or so at this point, much longer than normal. The weird thing is that all the other folders on the drive can be accessed normally.</p><p></p><p>I'm hesitant to eject and remount the drive, as it would have to start the process of rebuilding the file system all over again (I think that's what it's doing), and that would be a waste of time.</p><p></p><p>What do you think I should do? The folder I need is the one that can't be accessed from this machine, of course.</p><p></p><p>eMac at school</p><p>External USB hard drive</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lush6, post: 263689"] I have a hard drive that I use in an external case. It works great except when I forget to eject it before shutting down and disconnecting it. Then when I reboot, it takes a while to remount, with the seek light on the drive flashing for a good 15-30 minutes. I *think* it rebuilds the file system, but I don't really know. It works A-OK after that. I was using it on an old iMac at my friend's place, and forgot to eject it before shutting the machine down and disconnecting the drive. Now, at a computer at school (eMac), I plugged it in, and two of the folders on the drive are unable to be accessed. It says that I do not have "sufficient access priviliges" to do anything with them... When I try to get info for them, it just says "retrieving" for size. Oh, and the seek light has been flashing for a good 45 minutes or so at this point, much longer than normal. The weird thing is that all the other folders on the drive can be accessed normally. I'm hesitant to eject and remount the drive, as it would have to start the process of rebuilding the file system all over again (I think that's what it's doing), and that would be a waste of time. What do you think I should do? The folder I need is the one that can't be accessed from this machine, of course. eMac at school External USB hard drive Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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