Laptop no longer can mount my external hard drive
After updating to Mavericks, my laptop no longer can mount my external hard drive. What on earth is going on here and how can I fix this?
The drive is spinning and I was using it the night before I updated my macbook. It is viewable in disk utility but not in finder, and attempts to mount it are thwarted. The problem is literally coincident with updating the mavericks. When I click verify it didn't appear to have any problems but I will retry when I am back at home and report the findings.
It is a Toshiba 1GB external hard drive and has adequate power. Lights are on, etc.
I have not checked on another computer as do not have one available, but that will be my next step.
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I can see the external hard drive when I launch Disk Utility (and also when I launch TechTool Pro), so I know the hard drive and the USB connections are working.
Can someone please help on this?? I've tried unplugging everything and rebooting with no results. Thank you.
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Mounting Disk.
1 HFS volume checked.
No repairs were necessary."
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Volume Structures
Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:24:26 PM US/Pacific
Passed
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Mount Point: /dev/disk1s3
Format: HFS+ (Mac OS Extended)
Journaling: Enabled
Case-sensitive: No
Created: 03/26/07 01:26:09 AM
Modified: 03/26/07 01:26:09 AM
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Used: 49.81 GB
Available: 102.74 GB
Files: 86,074
Folders: 16,342
Writable: Yes
Ejectable: No
Removable: No
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Catalog File (B-Tree) <Passed>
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Startup File <Not Present>
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Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:30:25 PM US/Pacific
Passed
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Mount Point: /dev/disk1s3
Format: HFS+ (Mac OS Extended)
Journaling: Enabled
Case-sensitive: No
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Modified: 03/26/07 01:26:09 AM
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Files: 86,074
Folders: 16,342
Writable: Yes
Ejectable: No
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Passed
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Can someone please help on this?? I've tried unplugging everything and rebooting with no results. Thank you.
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"The volume External Hard Drive appears to be OK.
Mounting Disk.
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Volume Structures
Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:24:26 PM US/Pacific
Passed
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Journaling: Enabled
Case-sensitive: No
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Modified: 03/26/07 01:26:09 AM
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Available: 102.74 GB
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Folders: 16,342
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Ejectable: No
Removable: No
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Completed
Passed
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Case-sensitive: No
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