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Transcend 4 GB Thumb Drive: Alive or Dead?
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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1785919" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>Hi Mark, and thank you for posting.</p><p></p><p>I suspect that what happened was that, through no fault of your own, the USB Drive lost its connection to your Mac; hence the message about Ejecting Incorrectly.</p><p></p><p>I have a simple mind, but this is how I understand the situation: in order for a Drive to be recognised and accessed in the future, before Ejection, it creates a "Contents Page" (entirely my words) so that on remounting, the Mac recognises the "Contents Page" and allows you to see and recover the contents.</p><p></p><p>In many cases, an incorrect ejection does no harm, but if the Drive was in active use at the time - as was yours - then there is a problem.</p><p></p><p>May I ask: was your USB Drive connected to your Mac directly or via a Hub? If via a Hub, that might account for the loss of connection.</p><p></p><p>Try this:</p><p></p><p>Attach your USB Drive directly into the Mac.</p><p></p><p>Reboot the Mac.</p><p></p><p>Now go into Disk Utility (found in Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility) and see if the USB Drive is recognised. If so, click on the indent, and then choose First Aid and let it repair the Drive.</p><p></p><p>Then try to access the contents in the usual way.</p><p></p><p>Please post back. We are here to help.</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1785919, member: 83420"] Hi Mark, and thank you for posting. I suspect that what happened was that, through no fault of your own, the USB Drive lost its connection to your Mac; hence the message about Ejecting Incorrectly. I have a simple mind, but this is how I understand the situation: in order for a Drive to be recognised and accessed in the future, before Ejection, it creates a "Contents Page" (entirely my words) so that on remounting, the Mac recognises the "Contents Page" and allows you to see and recover the contents. In many cases, an incorrect ejection does no harm, but if the Drive was in active use at the time - as was yours - then there is a problem. May I ask: was your USB Drive connected to your Mac directly or via a Hub? If via a Hub, that might account for the loss of connection. Try this: Attach your USB Drive directly into the Mac. Reboot the Mac. Now go into Disk Utility (found in Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility) and see if the USB Drive is recognised. If so, click on the indent, and then choose First Aid and let it repair the Drive. Then try to access the contents in the usual way. Please post back. We are here to help. Ian [/QUOTE]
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