My BUSlink Data Banker hard drive won't mount anymore. Disk Utility says it's OK (verify finds nothing wrong with it) but can't mount it either. The external HD is FireWire, 120G. It also has a CompactFlash card reader which works just fine, no problem whatsoever! Here's the rub: I was using this HD for my iTunes music library as my 40G internal HD on my eMac wasn't up to it anymore. I was backing up religiously, on a LaCie Porsche, one of those big external HDs, but that one too has deserted me and in an even worse way: initially, only the BUSlink was giving me some trouble a couple of days ago (going offline when used heavily, for instance) and the Porsche was fine. I should have paid attention but as I had a backup of the BUSlink, I wasn't. Anyway, now the the BUSlink won't mount at all and the Porsche suddenly has flunked out, doesn't show up in Disk Utility, even emits a high-pitch squeal sometimes when I turn it on. I assume it's a goner? Interestingly, the 1st time I noticed a problem w. the Porsche was when all my ext. HDs disappeared. After much experimenting, I figured out that the only solution was disconnecting or turning off the Porsche. I run OS 10.3.9.
In conclusion: Porsche probably dead, too bad; BUSlink however still has all my music as well as my photos on it so how do I get it to talk to my eMac again?
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