External harddrive does not show on desktop

Trying to back up data for genius bar appointment, but external harddrive is not showing on desktop.

Look in Finder > Preferences > general tab > check external disks.

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External HDD does not show on desktop

My iMac (see config info) went to the local Apple authorized repair place. It took almost 4 weeks(!) for them to get the parts from Apple, but they replaced the power supply and DC to DC board.
So, I get it back and all is fine... except:
I have an external 80GB LaCie ("Porche") HDD which I use for backup.
It does not appear on the desktop.
When I connect it to another (even older) Mac, it works fine.
So I try all combinations of disconnecting, and powering down things, including unplugging the Mac for 30mins, but no luck.
Any ideas, folks?

More info...
I have rechecked and both iMac FireWire ports work fine with a video camera.
The external LaCie FW hard disk drive consistently does not appear on the iMac, even trying both iMac FW ports. As recently as 2006-06-19, it worked fine.
The external drive consistently shows up when connected to another Mac.
These facts taken together would seem to imply a software problem on the iMac.
I downloaded and ran the "LaCie Update Tool v1.3.3 for Mac OS X" and even it could not locate the external drive:
"LaCie Update Tool found nothing that needs updating. (Examined 0 FireWire and 0 USB drives)"
I have had the external drive turned off since 2006-06-19. Since then, I have done the following software updates:
2006-06-29 11:36:22 -0400: Installed "QuickTime" (7.1.2)
2006-06-29 11:38:12 -0400: Installed "Mac OS X Update (PowerPC)" (10.4.7)
2006-06-30 19:48:06 -0400: Installed "iPod Updater 2006-06-28" ( )
2006-06-30 19:48:24 -0400: Installed "iTunes" (6.0.5)
2006-08-08 19:43:46 -0400: Installed "Security Update 2006-004 (PowerPC)" (1.0)
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My external drive does not show up in finder. But it appaers in DISK UTILITY. When I tried to repair it, it said:
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** Phase 1 - Preparing FAT
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Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.
How can I back up files if the external drive is not found in FINDER? I tried to restore with disk utility, but it doesn't seem to be able to select the hard drive.
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External Hard Drive not showing on desktop

Hi,
I'm using a macbook pro, 15", and have been using it with my external hard drive for the past 2 months.
This afternoon, I was using the external, where i have all my music and photos stored, and it was working fine. I left the computer on sleep for about 2 hours (all programs that have stuff on the external I made sure to quit before), and when I got back the "icon" for the back up disk was slightly more "invisible" on my desktop and time machine informed me that the latest back up failed. When I tried to eject it (nothing on the disk was being used) it said it couldnt be ejected because the disk was in use.
I tried to eject again, same thing, so I restarted the computer. When I restarted the computer the external harddrive icon did not show up on my desk top. I tried pulling it out and plugging it in a few times, the disk will start up, but not load onto my desk top.
HELP!!!
the external hard drive is a Western Digital "my Passport"
Thank you!

Danja.schluter wrote:
if I repair the disk, will i lose everything on it?
Running Disk Repair will not harm your data, the idea is to repair and make it functional again.
If successful I would make a back up of that data because you may be skating on thin ice.

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I have a late 2013 macbook pro and a 500GB WD external harddrive, back from when I was still on Windows. Therefore, it's a NTFS-formatted drive. I followed this guide to enable my macbook to read and write to it and later followed this guide to enable my macbook to read and write from all NTFS disks. However, now it no longer appears under 'devices' in Finder. However, it does appear when I open /Volumes and Disk Utility can also see it. Does anyone know why the drive does not appear under devices in Finder and how I could make it show up there?
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I have tried plugging in my external hard drive a few times in the last week and when I do, nothing shows up on my computer. The light on the ext hard drive light up like something is happening, but it doesnt pop up on my mac like usual. I recently had some work done on my mac for liquid damage, but have used my ext hard drive since and it worked fine. It's just stopped in the last couple weeks. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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External Hardisk does not appear on desktop

My external disk no longer appears on the desk top when I reboot. I used Disk Utility to attempt to find and repair the disk. The Lacie disk appears in the list on the left. When I click Verify button, the following messages appear:
"Verifying volume “disk1s6”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Volume Bit Map needs minor repair
Checking volume information.
Volume Header needs minor repair
The volume LaCie Disk needs to be repaired.
1 volume checked
0 HFS volumes verified
1 volume needs repair"
When I click the Repaair Disk button, I get:
"Repairing disk for “disk1s6”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Volume Bit Map needs minor repair
Checking volume information.
Volume Header needs minor repair
Repairing volume.
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Repair attempted on 2 volumes
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1 volume could not be repaired"
The disk still does not appear on the desktop even after rebooting again.
I have searched the posts and found some similar complaints. Most responders recommend using a 3rd party application like Disk Warrior (~$90). I am reluctant to spend for a remedy that may not actually help. Does anyone know a solution using freeware or command line operations?

DiskWarrior uses a special proprietary technique. It usually works. Even when it does not work 100%, it may restore the disk to a point where it can be mounted in "preview" mode to copy off critical data. There are no freeware apps, or UNIX commands, that replicate what it does.
Maybe try this... See if you can make a disk image of the volume or volumes with critical data. It may not mount to the Desktop, but maybe you can use Disk Utility to make a disk image and save it to your internal drive. If that works and the disk image mounts, at least you can access your critical data. Then you can reformat that external drive and restore from the disk image.

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Can anyone help me find the files on the external hard drive?

abbey road wrote:
I transfered my files from my pc to the external harddrive. The instructions for the external harddrive said I needed to partition the drive to make it mac-compatible. After partitioning, I couldn't find any of the files that I transferred.
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Hi and welcome to Discussions,
did you do the partitioning after you have copied the files to the external harddisk ?
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