Question about message "The drive you inserted was not readable..."

This might not be a Snow Leopard question, but that's the most recent thing I've changed, so here goes (and my apologies for the length of this): I started with an Intel Mac Mini running OSX 10.5 (with all of the updates) which has a USB-connected HP printer/scanner. This has run well for quite some time. Subsequently, I purchased two Seagate USB external drives (an Expansion Hard Drive and a GoFlex drive). The drives themselves seem to work fine, everything shows up reliably and I've had no obvious problems. However, soon after the drives were connected, I started getting the message "The disk you inserted was not readable by your computer." I determined, by restarting with various components disconnected, that the message appears when I connect the USB cable of my printer to the computer. This did not happen before I purchased the Seagate drives. Thinking that I just had old software, I updated the HP printer drivers and updated to Snow Leopard; however, I still have the same issue. I have to respond to the message by clicking "Ignore". Looking at the console log, I can see that, when I connect the printer USB cable, it shows "com.apple.kextd: /System/Library/Extensions/Seagate Storage Driver.kext does not declare a kernel dependency; using com.apple.kernel.6.0."

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When I plug in my external LaCie drive I get an error message "the disc you inserted was not readable by this computer."
The only options offered are "ignore" or "eject"
Disk Utility sees the disc but does not give a repair option.
What can I do?

The good thing about mac-centric resellers such as OWC, is they have people on staff that can answer questions without you buying things first. They also have how-to information, and instructions are included in many of their products. I saw a link to watch a DIY video in one of their pages; an example of a RAID (with its own power supply) is shown on their drives page. Also a few in there, with no power supplies, for less money.
If I were looking to backup and perhaps also have a partition for a system clone, I'd consider something like one of these: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB
Some ideas on the RAID backup methods appear in google search, some of the pages are ideas and concepts; and the better ones also warn about using RAID for the only backup plan.
Oh, OWC has live chat. Haven't tried it, nor have I bought anything from them. I have what appears to be two products from them, but have not used either. One is in a box as-new, but has only USB2.0 ports & my Macs needed FW400/800. It has been said their RAM is a good way to upgrade, too. But I can't confirm!
A 'RAID-ready' unit for backup may be more versatile for just that, but I have not checked into these details. I use single HDDs in powered enclosures, and usually manually make backup clones to FW drives, of bootable OS X systems. Some of the OWC raid-ready use eSATA ports so that may not be viable for a computer without them.
The unused in-box external drive I have is like the base model in the link above. However mine is USB2.0 (maybe) and won't boot my older Macs due to hardware variance; and my preference would be for FireWire options, these models do offer that. But the one I have does not. Dual 500GB HDDs, and they could be used in tandem as a RAID. That would be a choice set up in software. I'm not sure and not interested enough to read up just now.
My backup method is not automatic, or a moving backup plan, if I don't get a move-on and make full system clones. I do make copies of photos and documents the manual way, to USB external drives; and occasionally backup to DVD or CD media. And USB flash, that helps to move files between computers without need to use file sharing via wi-fi. {Like Why fly? Walking is better exercise unless one is a bird. Squawk!}
https://www.google.com/#q=raid+backup+mac
Depending on the ports in your Mac, you may be able to use other cables to attach between a backup or externally enclosed hard disk drive with multiple partition and bootable clone in one of them. Not sure about the Thunderbolt, and where that is the main port, adapters are required to access other devices, as allowed.
Anyway, I am going on and on, yet not really saying anything.
My ideas would not be all that interesting to follow as a backup
plan when matching available newer hardware to task, but you
can get some into better ideas if you are not in a rush. Get a
good setup and then look into more an betterer stuff.
Good luck & happy computing!

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Thanks for your quick response. I had a look at your discussion... I tried it on a Windows machine and I thought that was compatible with ExFAT?
Therefore I need to attempt to use my external hard drive with a machine that boasts OS X 10.6.5 or above and then it should work?
Thanks

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Hello M1ckyD,
The article linked below details a number of troubleshooting steps that can help resolve issues with your Mac's Optical Drive.
Apple Computers: Troubleshooting the slot-loading SuperDrive
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2801
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Need help with Error message "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"

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This afternoon i noticed that it was no longer visible in the "Finder" and afre rebooting several times, got this message "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"
Neither the mac nor the HD was moved since yesterday, early this am when it worked.
Is there an easy fix to this? whats going on.
Some info:
I had used this external storage unit for more then a year.
I sold my PC today so cant test if the hard drive still works on that.
I have the latest 27 inch mac (2.7GHz)
Storage is connected to a power source ( I tried both USB and FireWire, both yield the same message)
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Have you tried the Repair Disk feature in Disk Utility?

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Do you still have a drive with Mac OS X 10.4 installed on it? If you do, you can see if the drive mounts in 10.4. If you get the same message, it might be a problem with the drive and not be related to TM. I had a problem with an external Maxtor drive that TM corrupted, but the drive mounted without any problems. I just couldn't write to it in 10.5.
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10.7.4 is not Snow Leopard. 10.7.4 is Lion.
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Is it readable in a Windows computer? If not then you can try Disk Utility to repair the drive-- although that may be dangerous too.
I haven't had this problem so I out of safe ideas. There are ustilies out there. I used the seach term "repair flash drive Mac OS X" to locate some of these.
If the data is essential there are pay-for services to recover data looked the price was in the range $50 - $1000
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When checking my files, the HD is not available in my finder window.
I've gone into Disk Utilities. It is there to be highlighted. And I go to repair the disk, but each time the Repair button is greyed out.
I've tried to use my data recovery software (rescue pro deluxe) but because the drive isn't showing up in that program, it isn't working.
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Hi Everyone,
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