Hey Jeff,
One suggestion I’d make, before you throw in the towel, is try to get a
copy of Alsoft’s Disk Warrior. Disk Warrior will fix drives other recovery
utilities won’t. The App is about $100, and the current version is fully
accessible with VoiceOver.
I use this utility, and it works well. Also, one of the perks of
owning a license for DW, is you get unlimited, lifetime support. If need be,
these guys will establish a TeamViewer session with you, and will get in and
work with the drive in Terminal, if need be, etc. They’re fantastic to work
with!
HTH?
Ron
Ron J. | AKA Ganahee
"For millions of years, mankind lived, just like the animals. Then something
happened, which unleashed the power of our imagination - we learned to talk."
From the MD "The Division Bell", the track "Keep Talking".
On Sep 9, 2015, at 10:03 PM, Jeff Kisecker <kisecker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi:
thank you for your input and questions. I have tried everything I can, I
think the disk is dead in the water . I have a friend that is going to try
to get access to it, but it won't mount at all no way no how.
Again, thanks for your help.
On Sep 6, 2015, at 2:04 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cah4110@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
if you can see it in disk utility, will it run repair disk or repair disk
permissions? Also, here are two which probably are ones you've already done
but I'm just covering the bases. Have you shut your computer down, unplugged
the drive if it has a power connection and unplugged its usb connection,
replugged these and started again - if so, you're probably reading this and
thinking: "Well yeah, would you like to know how many times?" ? Since you've
been using this disk my final question probably is really superfluous but
are you sure your finder prefs are set to see external disks? I apologize
for asking things as if you haven't attended to the basics, but sometimes
people just don't ask these things and so the right answer is never given.
--
Cheryl
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
(Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
On Sep 6, 2015, at 11:01 AM, John Panarese <jpanarese@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If you can see it in Disk Utility, can you see the disk info on the disk
itself. When you have it selected, press command-i and see what that output
tells you. Also, can you try the disk with any other systems to see if it
can be mounted? If not, there is Data Rescue 3 as a last alternative.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
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Mac for the Blind
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On Sep 6, 2015, at 11:07 AM, Jeff Kisecker <kisecker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
hi:
I have an external hard drive for my backups. My mac won't recognize it
in the finder, but in disk utilities it sees it. Is there a free or low
cost disk recovery app I can get to recover some of the data from the
drive so I can erase it and keep moving forward? I have a number of
photos and archived documents I need to get off of the drive.
Thanks for any help, frustrated.
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