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PLEASE HELP: Hard Drive Mounts Though Is Unuseable
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<blockquote data-quote="justin_hannan" data-source="post: 1845364" data-attributes="member: 404164"><p>Hi all, </p><p></p><p>I'd very much appreciate any insight into fixing the following problem. </p><p></p><p>I have a Seagate 2TB External Hard-Drive. I am able to plug this into my Macbook 15" Pro running 10.15.3 Catalina, and the drive will mount. The drive is format in MACOS Journaled. </p><p></p><p>However, when I try access the files on the drive, one of three things will happen: </p><p></p><p>1) Finder will freeze/crash</p><p>2) Finder will show and get stuck on 'loading' </p><p>3) Finder will show the top file structure, but be too slow to access or take any action to the files. </p><p></p><p>Other notable traits: </p><p></p><p>So far I have tried the following: </p><p>1) Reset computer</p><p>2) Attempt hard-drive first aid using disk utility, when I do this I receive the error: Operation Failed, volume could not be unmounted." </p><p></p><p>All I would like to do is be able to copy the files and save to my computer to avoid future file loss (have my old family photos on this drive). I have investigated 'drive recovery' tools, but the files don't appear to be lost, I'm just struggling to be able to take any action on them (eg. copy to my computer). </p><p></p><p>Thanks so much in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="justin_hannan, post: 1845364, member: 404164"] Hi all, I'd very much appreciate any insight into fixing the following problem. I have a Seagate 2TB External Hard-Drive. I am able to plug this into my Macbook 15" Pro running 10.15.3 Catalina, and the drive will mount. The drive is format in MACOS Journaled. However, when I try access the files on the drive, one of three things will happen: 1) Finder will freeze/crash 2) Finder will show and get stuck on 'loading' 3) Finder will show the top file structure, but be too slow to access or take any action to the files. Other notable traits: So far I have tried the following: 1) Reset computer 2) Attempt hard-drive first aid using disk utility, when I do this I receive the error: Operation Failed, volume could not be unmounted." All I would like to do is be able to copy the files and save to my computer to avoid future file loss (have my old family photos on this drive). I have investigated 'drive recovery' tools, but the files don't appear to be lost, I'm just struggling to be able to take any action on them (eg. copy to my computer). Thanks so much in advance. [/QUOTE]
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