XP Mounting USB Hard Drive

Hello - I am trying to connect my USB hard drive to Airport Extreme under Windows XP Pro (SP3), but am unable to successfully mount the hard drive. I have gone through all of the instructions via Apple's support documentation without success (I get an error msg stating the disk needs repair). Are there better instructions out there? Do I need to setup other system configs in XP in order to use the disk wirelessly? Thanks!

Yes, I did install the CD that came with the AEBSn, and have since updated the firmware, etc. I can access the utility, but the only thing that happens is it tells me the disk needs repair.
The drive is NTFS formatted.
Thank you for your reply!

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Mounting USB Hard Drives and Hard Locking

So, it's been a long time since I've posted here which I have to say, is because Arch was running beautifully for a long time. Sadly though, my laptop was stolen and I was forced to buy a new one. With the new one, I've gotten everything mostly back up and running but I'm having an issue. Obviously the one in the subject line.
A few things to note about this install and after testing before posting.
1. Brand new install
2. All packages are current EXCEPT 3. I currently have nvidia-256.53-1-x86_64, nvidia-utils with the same version, and kernel26-2.6.35.5-1. These are due to a black screen I was getting on starting my xserver.
3. HAL is running
4. Optical disks mount and umount cleanly.
5. NTFS-3G is installed and working.
6. My Windows 7 install on the same internal hard drive can be accessed and mounted without a hard lock.
My problem is this. Whenever I try and connect an external hard drive via USB, it takes a few seconds and then the whole machine hard locks with what looks like a kernel panic(can't do anything and I have blinking lights...ie capslock, etc). This computer seems to have USB 3.0 which I noticed from Win7 awhile back if that makes a difference. (05:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation Device 0194 (rev 03) )
Last time I try to mount my WD Passport, I ran dmesg right after I plugged it in before I got my hard lock. The only thing I noticed were the entries at the bottom of things like this...
xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint
I have no idea whether that has anything to do with it or not. I'd be more than happy to post config files if needed. I've tried googling, the wiki, and the forums and I'm stumped. I actually plugged my drive in one time and got it to mount and opened some folders. Afterward, it hard locked.
Last edited by Vipes (2010-12-10 07:09:42)

So, I started looking at my logs. Here's Dec 10 08:04:03 localhost kernel: sd Dec 10 08:04:03 localhost kernel: sd Dec 10 08:04:03 localhost kernel: sd Cut from my dmesg when I plugged the usb 2-4: new high speed USB device using xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: short transfer on control ep xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: short transfer on control ep xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: short transfer on control ep xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: short transfer on control ep Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... scsi6 : usb-storage 2-4:1.0 usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage USB Mass Storage support registered. scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 scsi 6:0:0:1: CD-ROM WD sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 623769600 512-byte sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 10 00 sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 51x/51x caddy sr 6:0:0:1: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 sr 6:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5 sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through sdb: scsi 6:0:0:2: Enclosure WD SES Device scsi 6:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 13 sdb1 sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint ses 6:0:0:2: Attached Enclosure device xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint fuse init (API version 7.14) xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled endpoint xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: WARN: Stalled Kernel messages show pretty much the the bottom cut from errors.log:
6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
drive in:
xhci_hcd and address 0

My Passport 070A 1032 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4

Virtual CD 070A 1032 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
logical blocks: (319 GB/297 GiB)

1032 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4

endpoint
same thing. These logs were from just a moment ago when I plugged it in and then removed it. Sometimes it seems to hard lock, others it doesn't. Got me.

Cannot mount USB Hard Drive (750GB LaCie Desktop Hard Disk USB2 K)

I recently purchased a 750GB LaCie Desktop Hard Disk USB2 K, and used it to back-up my NAS (Ready NAS NV+). Now I want to transfer some of this data on the Lacie at a separate location to a Time Capsule, via my MacBook. When I insert the USB cable into TC it seems to recognize the disk, but I cannot see the contents (I have a separate post on this).
WHen I insert the USB cable into my MacBook, I get the message:
"The Disk you inserted was not readable by this computer."
I (THOUGHT) I had formatted the disc as ext3, but do not recall (and cannot access my notes remotely). Is there anyway I can use disk utility to check the formatting, or does the message above give the game away?
Any thoughts appreciated!

I did not think that EXT3 support was built into OS X. There are various utilities around but I do not know how well they work and they would only be useful for the Macbook.
http://ekettoz.blogspot.com/2009/06/mounting-linux-ext2ext3-partitions.html
https://www.paragon-software.com/home/extfs-mac/
Have a look at these.

Disabling USB hard drives but allowing USB keys mounting, possible ?

Hi all,
I have a tricky request from one of my customers : they would like to block any external hard drives (firewire and USB) from mounting on the Desktop, BUT would like to allow USB keys only.
All the clients are unmanaged (local accounts, NOT bound to an Open Directory Master server) and are running OS X 10.4.8 (Intel).
I found the easy way to prevent any Firewire device to show up.
I also found how to disable all USB devices (except for keyboard/mouse) : renaming /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext
Problem is, this method won't make any difference between a hard drive and a key, it will block it, period.
Is there any way to allow some (or all) USB keys only to mount ? My only guess would be to unload some extensions which are listed by the "kextstat" command.
That could only be possible if USB keys and USB hard drives don't use the same kind/brand of controller/bridge and therefore don't use the same kernel extension.
Does anyone have a clue on this ?
Many thanks.
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi all,
I have a tricky request from one of my customers : they would like to block any external hard drives (firewire and USB) from mounting on the Desktop, BUT would like to allow USB keys only.
All the clients are unmanaged (local accounts, NOT bound to an Open Directory Master server) and are running OS X 10.4.8 (Intel).
I found the easy way to prevent any Firewire device to show up.
I also found how to disable all USB devices (except for keyboard/mouse) : renaming /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext
Problem is, this method won't make any difference between a hard drive and a key, it will block it, period.
Is there any way to allow some (or all) USB keys only to mount ? My only guess would be to unload some extensions which are listed by the "kextstat" command.
That could only be possible if USB keys and USB hard drives don't use the same kind/brand of controller/bridge and therefore don't use the same kernel extension.
Does anyone have a clue on this ?
Many thanks.
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

10.4.9 and now USB Hard Drive(s) Won't Mount

After running the combo updater on my Intel Core Duo iMac 17" my LaCie BigDisk won't mount nor will my 60GB USB hard drive that I use to backup my MacBook (though this drive DOES mount on the MacBook without any problems). All other USB devices (and my 160GB Western Digital USB Hard Drive and 300GB Seagate FireWire hard drive mount and work fine on the iMac). My LaCie BigDisk wouldn't mount on my MacBook at first, but eventually mounted ONCE on the MacBook. I have tried repairing permissions, rebooting, using an older IOUSBFamily.kext (that was a nightmare and required some CLI experience to undo without having to find a firewire cable that long enough to reach around my desk to use the iMac via Target Mode on the MacBook good thing I saved the original).
At any rate here is the error output in Console.app:
Mar 13 20:32:59 iMac kernel[0]: USBF: 426. 4 ControlTransaction: control packet 1 error 0xe0004057
Mar 13 20:32:59 iMac kernel[0]: USBF: 426. 4 AppleUSBEHCI[0x3af4000]::DeviceRequest - buffer dmaCommand (0x39b3900) already had memory descriptor (0x3f54a00) - clearing
Mar 13 20:32:59 iMac kernel[0]: USBF: 426. 5 AppleUSBEHCI[0x3af4000]::ControlPacketHandler - unexpected command BufferMemoryDescriptor(0x46a0d00)
Mar 13 20:32:59 iMac kernel[0]: USBF: 426. 35 AppleUSBEHCI[0x3af4000]::DeviceRequest - dmaCommand (0x39b3900) already had memory descriptor (0x46a0d00) - clearing
Mar 13 20:34:08 iMac kernel[0]: USBF: 495.663 AppleUSBEHCI[0x3af4000]::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5 seconds on bus 253, timing out!
[Above Repeating for a long time]
Mar 13 20:34:12 iMac kernel[0]: USBF: 499.351 [0x3bd7800] The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in. It will keep retrying. (Port 2 of hub @ location: 0xfd300000)
Mar 13 20:34:12 iMac kernel[0]: USBF: 499.352 [0x3bd7800] The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device
Any help would be appreciated!

Anyone else having this problem?
Possibly.. my Lacie hard drive (firewire) has stopped working since I updated to 10.4.9 with the device attached. See: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=889519&tstart=45
iMac G5 iSight 2.1GHz, iBook G4 1.42GHz, iMac G3 Snow 700MHz, 2x iSight Mac OS X (10.4.9)

External USB hard drive doesn't mount until reboot

Hey there. I bought an external USB hard drive (a 250 GB drive by ComStar) last week, and I'm having trouble getting it to mount. The first time I plug it in, it works fine and shows up on the desktop. When I remove it (having properly ejected it first) and plug it in again later, it doesn't show up. It's not on the desktop, it's not in Disk Utility, and it's not in /Volumes (via the Terminal). If I reboot my Mac, it's there again.
Has anyone else had this problem with external drives? Are there any solutions or workarounds?

The first time I plug it in after a boot up. It doesn't matter if my Mac has been up for three weeks -- if it's the first time I've plugged in the hard drive since the last reboot, it always works perfectly.
It's very strange and annoying. It's almost like it's not getting ejected properly.
That being said, I just ejected and unplugged it, waited five minutes, and plugged it back in. The stupid thing worked this time. It's driving me nuts! I don't mind things that don't work, but things that work sometimes are really frustrating. If no one else is having this issue, it's probably something unique to this particular drive.

USB Hard Drives Mount via AEBS but are Empty/Blank

I just came home with a new AIrport Extreme Base Station, bought so I could access my USB hard drives anywhere in the house. Before setting out this morning I read on the AEBS product page that you could connect multiple drives or printers using a USB hub, so was quite pleased.
I got it home, plugged in the hub, connected the ethernet, and connected to the AEBS from my MacBook Pro. I configured it to share my EPSON printer and the two USB hard drives I use. They all show in the Airport Utility. Configured security, updated, and mounted my drives. And they do mount, both of them show under "shared" in Finder.
The only problem is: They are both BLANK. There are no folders or files showing on them whatsoever. I panicked and plugged them straight into my MBP, hoping the AEBS hadn't formatted them or something, but the files were there and okay. I plugged them back into the hub... And nothing.
I see lots of threads having to do with people who cannot mount their drives, but that's not my problem. They MOUNT fine, they just don't have any files on them. Can anyone help? If not, the AEBS goes back to the store.

UPDATE: I managed to gain access to my files by switching (within the AEBS settings) from user-based sharing to a simple drive password. Once I did that I was able to browse and use my USB hard drives over the airport.
However, I would like to use the account-based system, so I'm modifying my question and adding another.
1) Why can't I see my files on USB drives connected to the AEBS when I'm using user-based security?
2) When I change users on my MacBook Pro, the other users cannot access the drives connected to the AEBS. I've got one password set now, using drive security (and I also tried it using the AEBS password for security), but it only works on my account. On other accounts, the user is informed that the password is invalid, even though I know I'm typing it correctly.
Basically I either need to get the AEBS to share my drives, with files, using user-based security or convince it to allow other users in when I have drive or base station password security for the drives.
Any help... Much appreciated!

I can't mount a USB Hard Drive...can you?

I can't mount a USB hard drive on MAC or PC. Mac it does not mount - PC won't accept password.
Does it even work?
AirPort Extreme n Mac OS X (10.4.9) PC too

I just bought the Airport Extreme 802.11n and a WD MyBook Essential Edition 500GB to use with it as a shared disk. Reformatted it on my Mac and it works fine, but can't get Airport Disk Utility to see it. I've tried resetting everything, but no go.
The improved range compared to my old Airport Extreme 802.11b/g is great, but I've wasted my money on the disk if the Airport can't connect to it.
Why was there no explanation anywhere in the specifications that this new Airport only works with some USB disks? The way it's written is clearly designed to make you think that any external HD that connects to a USB port will work.
I too would welcome any thoughts on how to get the HD to work with Airport. Thanks.
MacPro 2x2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9)

How can I control media with ipad on xtreme usb hard drive

Trying to use usb hard drive off extreme via ipad and iphone as a media server to go on my boat. My aim is to have the express with hard drive to have all my movies and music on it and use ipad, powerbook and iphone to control this through apple tv to my 42 inch LCD tv.
I am pulling my hair out here. Have purchase new Xtreme and plugged in a usb hard drive and think I have set it up properly as I can see and mount the hard drive on my powerbook and play videos etc via wifi (also conected to the internet) . Also when I have the xtreme and drive mounted on my mac I can access and play the media on the xrpess server on ipad via app called quick explorer.
Problem is that it seems to be picking up the xpress usb drive via the powerbook as when I shut down my powerbook I can see the usb drive but it keeps on deniying me the permission even though the passwords are correct.
Does anyone know if there is a correct way of setting this up to work or if there is an app or does apple have a way for their standard players to pickup the usb drive and control the media via iphone or ipad.
VERY FRUSTRATING
TIM

Trying to use usb hard drive off extreme via ipad and iphone as a media server to go on my boat. My aim is to have the express with hard drive to have all my movies and music on it and use ipad, powerbook and iphone to control this through apple tv to my 42 inch LCD tv.
I am pulling my hair out here. Have purchase new Xtreme and plugged in a usb hard drive and think I have set it up properly as I can see and mount the hard drive on my powerbook and play videos etc via wifi (also conected to the internet) . Also when I have the xtreme and drive mounted on my mac I can access and play the media on the xrpess server on ipad via app called quick explorer.
Problem is that it seems to be picking up the xpress usb drive via the powerbook as when I shut down my powerbook I can see the usb drive but it keeps on deniying me the permission even though the passwords are correct.
Does anyone know if there is a correct way of setting this up to work or if there is an app or does apple have a way for their standard players to pickup the usb drive and control the media via iphone or ipad.
VERY FRUSTRATING
TIM

External USB hard drive not being recognized

Hello! I'm sure this has been posted before, but excuse my naivety with this sort of thing...
I have a mac mini 10.5.6 (1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) and I run the Time Machine function to an external usb hard drive. The hard drive worked fine (plugged into the usb port on an older keyboard), but I went out and bought a new aluminum apple keyboard (because they look so cool ^_^ ) - I plugged the external usb drive into the keyboard and it wasn't recognized, so I tried plugging the external drive directly into the mac mini, but it is still not recognized. It is not showing up in Disk Utility or in System Profiler
Help? I'd hate to have to give up this fancy keyboard...
Thank you!
Dr. E

I believe I had my external drive plugged into the (old) keyboard because with the old mac that I had didn't have a free usb port for it - so when I got the mini I just plugged things back in where they were. But I have always had the Time Machine back up to this drive (connected to the keyboard) though it has been slow (another reason I thought the new keyboard was a good idea).
I tried restarting the computer without the alu keyboard plugged in, but same problem of no drive showing up.
Here is what System Profiler has to say about my drive:
USB2.0 Storage Device:
Capacity: 93.16 GB
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: Yes
BSD Name: disk1
Product ID: 0x6830
Vendor ID: 0x04b4 (Cypress Semiconductor)
Version: 0.01
Serial Number: DEF107920F07
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Cypress Semiconductor
Location ID: 0x3d130000
Current Available (mA): 100
Current Required (mA): 0
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
Volumes:
USB:
Capacity: 92.84 GB
Available: 53.14 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk1s2
Mount Point: /Volumes/USB
I don't know the brand or model as it has 'always' been in the case that in which it currently resides and I didn't physically buy the thing :\ I do know that no software was installed with the drive as I assumed that when I put all the old info from the original mac to the mini that it was the sort of thing that would carry over.
Sorry I'm not terribly helpful - Thank you!
Dr. E

USB Hard Drives Keep Disconnecting or Not Responding

Hi,
This is a long post - but one that I hope someone can offer advice on.
The Hardware
Mac Pro running OSX 10.8 (but this has happened on all versions of the OS i.e. 10.6/.7 etc)
3 x Internal SATA Hard Drives - All working perfectly.
External Drives:
2 x Western Digital My Book 1TB USB Hard Drives
1 x Seagate 750GB Hard Drive with USB2 connectivity
2 x IcyBox Dual Bay USB2 hard Drive enclosures using JMicron Chipsets - these enclosures have 2 x 1TB Western Digital Green in each (totaling 4 TB across the 2 enclosures).
D-Link 7 Port USB2 Hub
The Problem
- USB Hard Drives connected to the Mac are ejected from the system without notice and at random times AND/OR
- The external hard drive remains mounted, but when trying to write to the drive/partitions, Finder throws an error message up saying the operation cannot be completed - error code -50.
- Time Machine: TM will back up successfully several times, before eventually throwing an error up that it cannot create the folders required on the drive.
- The only way to be able to use the drives again is either remount the drive, or in some case, it is required to completely power the drive down and then reconnect.
Re-creating the problem
I have honestly not found a sure-fire way of replicating the problem. It seems completely random. It happens when I am actually sat at the computer, but it also happens when I am away from the computer.
In the past - my Time Machine hard drive has been one of the Western Digital MyBook drives. I also used the second MyBook for SuperDuper backups (extra redundancy). The 4TB drives in the IcyBox enclosures have been used to backup my ripped movie collection.
Recently however - I decided to have 2 of the 1TB drives in the IcyBox enclosures to be TM and SuperDuper backups. I have however reverted TM back to one of the Western Digital drives, purely for testing purposes. SuperDuper is backing up to one of the 1TB drives in the IcyBox.
I am trying various things to see if I can find the issue, but it is such a random event that it is taking ages to even come close to find a problem. Sometimes the drives will stay active for a few days, sometimes only a few hours, even minutes.
Theories
I have several theories as to why my USB drives continually disconnect.
1. The D-Link USB Hub.
Could connecting the drives through the hub be causing the problem? I don't really see how, unless it is a documented case that D-Link USB hubs do not play nice with OSX? To try and rule this out I have connected the current Time Machine back up drive (Western Digital MyBook) directly to the USB port on the back of the computer. The SuperDuper (IcyBox enclosure) drive is currently connected through the D-Link hub. I have removed all the other drives from the enclosures - so at present I have only 2 external drives connected (1 x 1TB Western Digital MyBook, 1 x 1TB Western Digital Green inside one of the IcyBox dual-bay enclosures - connected through D-Link Hub).
2. JMicron Chipset
I have done a bit of research on the internet and there are a few indications that perhaps JMicron SATA-to-USB controller chipsets found in a lot of external hard drive enclosures (including the dual bay IcyBox external enclosures that I have) do not play nice with OSX. If the JMicron chipsets in the 2 IcyBox enclosures is a problem - would that cause issues with other USB devices on the USB bus off the Mac? (i.e. can the JMicron chipset in the enclosures cause devices such as the WD MyBook drives which I assume use a non-JMicron chipset, to experience similar failures?)
3. Green Hard Drives
As I have said, I have 4 Western Digital Green 1TB hard drives inside the IcyBox Dual Bay Enclosures. Could the fact that these drives are 'Green' be causing a problem? They do go to sleep after x number of minutes, but they do wake up when required. But could on the occasion when I have problems, could this be caused by the 'Green' feature interrupting OSX in waking the drives? Coupled with JMicron chipset, could this be compounding the issue?
Possible Solutions
I am prepared to spend money on replacement drives and/or enclosures etc - but I would hate to spend x amount of money and have the same problem. So I am hoping to get some advice on what drives/enclosures are more than likely to work flawlessly with OSX.
Thanks for reading!

FYI - re: the SuperDuper drive that is in one of the IcyBox enclosures.
I just opened this drive up in Finder. I heard the drive wake up, but when I came to copy a file over (tried various file sizes) - I got the error -50 message.
Here is the info from Console.
31/07/2012 23:35:52.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:52.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.000 kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xe000c2e4 (UNDEFINED).
31/07/2012 23:35:53.320 fseventsd[55]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Data 1/.fseventsd/0000000002478a7f (No such file or directory). mount point /Volumes/Data 1/.fseventsd
31/07/2012 23:35:53.320 fseventsd[55]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Data 1/.fseventsd/0000000002478a7f (No such file or directory). mount point /Volumes/Data 1/.fseventsd
Also, while the drive was inaccessible, I tried 'Verify Disk' in Disk Utility - here are the results
Verifying volume “SuperDuper”
Checking file systemPerforming live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Invalid leaf record count
(It should be 2 instead of 1)
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume SuperDuper was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.
Please also note that the all my external hard drives have recently been reformated using GUID part. map and HFS Journaled.

2.5" external USB hard drive not recognized by my iMac

I have a small 2.5" external USB hard drive that my intel iMac will not mount or see. My 12" G4 Powerbook sees it fine and it is formatted in Mac OS Extended. My iMac is bootcamped and XP on my iMac sees the drive but not OS X Tiger on the iMac, (wierd) I have Tiger on both my Macs too.
Why does the intel based OS X refuse to see this external 2.5 HD. It sees a 3.5" USB one I have but not the small one. I know it is software.

Hey coby,
Well thanks for the star. Not sure I deserve it.
i then tried connecting the drive to each USB port again, and voila! i have found one it works in. I guess my computer's ports must be a little worn.
Hmm well try looking inside and see if there's some smutz in there, if the contacts are dirty or bent or worn.
i was starting to think i would have to go out and get a USB hub to give it some more power.
Is it powered off the USB? If so that actually might be a good idea since that puts a lot of strain on the connectors. Even if it's self powered it might be a good idea since it would take the strain off an obviously flakey USB.
richard

USB Hard drive, permission issue on one partition

Hi,
I have an issue with my USB hard drive, when I pluged it the 3 partitions are mounted, and 2 of them grant access to the users group:
mount
/dev/sdc6 on /media/usbhd-sdc6 type ext2 (rw,relatime)
/dev/sdc1 on /media/usbhd-sdc1 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_permissions)
/dev/sdc5 on /media/usbhd-sdc5 type vfat (rw,relatime,utf8,gid=100,umask=002)
ls -l /media/
drwxrwxr-x 1 root users 4096 Jun 29 22:21 usbhd-sdc1
drwxrwxr-x 18 root users 16384 Dec 31 1969 usbhd-sdc5
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 29 22:21 usbhd-sdc6
I read the wiki page about udev, but I can not solve this issue.
PS : HAL is removed from my daemons list.

> You can write on "usb" because the right are : drwxrwxrwx
They appear only when I use 'sudo mount -o rw,noauto,async,user,umask=1000' instead of plain 'sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb2'.
I use vfat for that USB stick, so maybe that's why it works for me. The first two listings in your first post show the drives in different order, but of course the mountpoints show that the offending drive is ext2 not vfat, my bad.
Edit: This is how my ext3 USB stick behaves like:
[karol@black test]$ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
[karol@black test]$ mount | grep sdb1
/dev/sdb1 on /mnt/usb type ext3 (rw)
[karol@black test]$ ls -l /mnt
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 karol users 4096 07-03 01:08 usb
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-09-14 usb2
This time /mnt/usb is an ext3. As you can see, there's no root, I (karol) an the owner, so I can rw to my heart's content. Maybe you should change the ownership - 'chown' (man chown if you're not familiar w/ that command).
Last edited by karol (2010-07-02 23:05:52)

Backup a dual boot iMac with OSX + Vista to Time capsule and USB hard drive

I have just bought a Time Capsule which is now working as my WiFi Network base station and backs up an iMac and a Macbook. The iMac has both OSX and Vista (using Boot Camp) and I was using a USB Hard Drive that has 2 partitions (HFS+ for the Mac; NTFS for Vista) to back up the iMac. Rather than leave this attached to the iMac just to back up the Vista partition I would like to move it to the Time Capsule's USB port and use it as NAS. The idea being that it becomes a NAS with one partition used to back up the Windows data when I run the iMac with Vista and the other partition to archive the Time Machine backups from both the iMac and Macbook. I tried to connect it as it was but got an error and reading the forum it seems that it won't work unless both partitions are HFS+ or FAT. If I reformat the NTFS partition to HFS+ will I be able to use the built in backup function of Vista to back up the Vista partition to the USB hard drive? I read somewhere else that Time Capsule takes care of the formatting for an external NAS drive and Windows will be able to read and write to it even though it's not NTFS. Any ideas comments appreciated.

This is crude but if you need a work around, just plug the USB drive directly into the iMac.. copy the files to it.. then plug it into the TC.
You also do not need to use the TC as an intermediary between your iMac and MBP.. just turn on sharing in the computer.. so you can directly copy files from one to the other.. Macs have public access directory preconfigured for each user account.
As far as mounting the TC..
In finder use Go, Connect to server.. and type.
AFP://TCname or TCipaddress
Where TCname is the actual name of the TC.. I strongly recommend you follow SMB network rules.. ie if your TC has a name like
Fred Blog's Time Capsule 2445566.
It is too long.. it has spaces and it has non-alphanumeric characters.
Shorten it to FredTC
No spaces no characters that are NOT alphanumeric.
TCIPaddress is simply the standard IP.
You can also use CIFS://TCname which according to the article forces the connection back to SMB1 rather than SMB2 which as usual is broken.
But I would definitely use AFP if possible. I cannot understand the decision to move to SMB as standard.

USB hard drive is not recognized on MBP running Lion

Hello,
I have:
- Freecom ToughDrive Pro USB hard drive
- New MBP running Lion 10.7.3
When I plug the disk in an USB port in the MBP, the light that indicates operation starts blinking but very lighltly colored and the disk is not recognized by the computer. I have put data on it using iMac Snow Leopard. I have plugged the disk into a MBP running Snow Leopard and it works. I have also tried another Lion (older MBP) and it also works.
What is wrong? How come the disk is not mounted or shown in Disk Utility. Can it be a power issue? Any ideas?
I have noticed there a lot of similar posts in the forum and none has been satisfactorily solved. Is this a mayor Lion bug? If yes, how can I downgrade to Snow Leopard?

dafnedr wrote:
Thanks for the reply.
However... how is it possible that with all other MBPs I have tried it works just fine? Has Apple lowered the power levels in recent models? The other MBP where I have tried the disk on are just over a year old, my current one is only a month old.
Are you saying that USB ports on different Apple computers are supplying different levels of power? That's psychotic! It should be a standard power level... or it should go up on newer models... not down!!!
I think I'm just gonna return this piece of scrape and get my old (one year old) MBP back... Snow Leopard was bliss compared to this... I rather go back than have to jump to a store to buy a cable to make something work that should work by default.
On the one Mac it does not work on that Mac does not put out enough power to fully power the drive. If it works on other Mac's we know that the drive works, so that question is answered. And it doesn't work on your newest Mac then there can only one answer, Not Enough Power is being put out by the USB port to fully power it.
Yes the one Mac that it is not working on has a lower USB power output. Why, I have no idea.
This is Very Common you can find posts about it on all notebook forums. Psychotic, No. Yes Mac is touted as "It Just Works" which is a flat out LIE.
Do what you think is best for you. Good Luck

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