My "Owners" is turned off - now I can't access my disk!
Hello,
I recently installed Leopard (10.5.8). While working in it I had an external USB drive attached. For some reason things went hay-wire in my computer and I was suddenly unable to access any drives on the computer, they were all locked. Their icons had a mini padlock in the bottom left corner.
I tried restarting the computer, only to no longer be able to start up. After starting up from my install disc and repairing permissions, I was only able to get an older version of tiger (10.4.11) to boot the computer. I ended up having to wipe the new leopard install. Everything seems to be working OK now, but I can't mount my external USB drive.
When I use disk first aid it shows the drive is OK, but the ownership is turned off. I'm assuming this is why I can't read the drive? Please help, I have a tremendous amount of important information backed up on that drive.
I hate when these things happen, it's a huge waste of time!
Did you try to use Disk Utility to mount the drive?
I have ownership ignored on my second internal drive and it mounts fine.
[USB and FireWire Quick Assist|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1151?viewlocale=en_US]
[Common fixes for USB device issues (unrecognized, etc.)|http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070824012114701]
[What to do if your computer won't recognize a FireWire or USB device|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1317?viewlocale=en_US]
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