So, I go to watch some movies from my external USB 2.0 hard drive on my G4 imac, but to my surprise when I plug in the mofo, the external drive icon is not up there. I decided to check which end the problem was on so I went to the "about this mac" menu and went to show more. From here I went and found the USB section, even though the icon was not up there, the computer HAD recognized the HD.
From here I went "apple" "comma" and made sure the finder could see all the connected devices.
From here I figure that the reader head is out of alignment on my HD, but just to be sure I plugged it into my PS3 and wouldn't you know it, the HD shows up no problem and all the information within it is intact. To make matters worse, my computer recognizes all other hardrives. This Hard drive IS mac compatible and has worked before.
Does anyone have any idea what I can do? I had about 3 weeks worth of movies and a day or so worth of music on there. I have a 2 year warrantee so I can return it any time and ge tit fixed, but the data will be lost.
And yes, I tried restarting both the computer and the HD
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