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HELP! MBP no longer recognizes External Hard Drive
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<blockquote data-quote="A15P" data-source="post: 430946" data-attributes="member: 33828"><p>Ok so I have almost all my images stored on a WD external HD that has been working fine for quite some time now.....until that is I plugged it in last night. my MBP does not recognize it.</p><p></p><p>It does not show up on the Desktop, the Finder or in the Disk Utility. The only place I can find it is in the System Profiler, but I am not able to do anything with it there.</p><p></p><p>Before you reply with the simple fixes, please read the troubleshooting I have already done. ( my apologizes if I sound frustrated ) I have been trying to get this fixed since last night. There are extremely important images stored there. </p><p></p><p>WHAT I HAVE DONE;</p><p></p><p>Disconected - powered off the HD - Rebooted the MBP- reconneced the HD to power - then reconnected the HD to the MBP. ( I have done this several times in many different orders )</p><p></p><p>I have tried different USB cables for the HD ( it is not hooked up for Firewire)</p><p></p><p>I have plugged in other USB devices into the USB port and they work fine. </p><p></p><p>I have plugged the HD into a PC and it was recognized, but was not readable as it is formatted only for Mac. </p><p></p><p>As one person suggested I just left it plugged in for several hours to see if it will mount on its own.</p><p></p><p>If you have any other suggestions, please feel free to post them, as I desperately need to be able to retrieve the images</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="A15P, post: 430946, member: 33828"] Ok so I have almost all my images stored on a WD external HD that has been working fine for quite some time now.....until that is I plugged it in last night. my MBP does not recognize it. It does not show up on the Desktop, the Finder or in the Disk Utility. The only place I can find it is in the System Profiler, but I am not able to do anything with it there. Before you reply with the simple fixes, please read the troubleshooting I have already done. ( my apologizes if I sound frustrated ) I have been trying to get this fixed since last night. There are extremely important images stored there. WHAT I HAVE DONE; Disconected - powered off the HD - Rebooted the MBP- reconneced the HD to power - then reconnected the HD to the MBP. ( I have done this several times in many different orders ) I have tried different USB cables for the HD ( it is not hooked up for Firewire) I have plugged in other USB devices into the USB port and they work fine. I have plugged the HD into a PC and it was recognized, but was not readable as it is formatted only for Mac. As one person suggested I just left it plugged in for several hours to see if it will mount on its own. If you have any other suggestions, please feel free to post them, as I desperately need to be able to retrieve the images Thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!! [/QUOTE]
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