Re: external harddrive detected occasionally
Hi, open Disk Utility - palimpsest in a terminal - and check the health and SMART status of the drive. That will probably give a better idea of the hard drive becoming a paperweight. Post the results here if you are not sure what they mean.
Thank you.
Edit... Just realised you are using a USB drive. The SMART check might not be supported
Re: external harddrive detected occasionally
Thanks, you are right, SMART is not supported.
Re: external harddrive detected occasionally
looks to me like the drive was mounted when you ran the test. To zero out that drive it must not be mounted ... ie use a live cd....
is this what you have tried ????
one step at a time ... till resolution!
Re: external harddrive detected occasionally
Hey ; Have ya thought it might be a cable problem ... Have you tried a different usb cable and see what haps ? /// I have seen similar issues on internal sata drives ... changing the port sometimes helped....
kind regards