Re: Full external HDD on OSX how do i delee or mout drive ....please help!!

On 2007-05-26 07:01:37 -0500, paulsboutique@xxxxxxxxx said:

Hey
I have a PB g4 with a lacie 250 gig external
it was getting full today and got down to 400-500meg of free space..
now it wont boot
i cant get the drive in disk utility to recognise the data at all
it keeps asking me if i want to format or eject
in disk warrior it doesn't recognise it either

See my other reply to the first post you made about this (you double posted).

Also, as hard as I am sure this is for you to hear right now, if you don't already have automated daily backups in place, now is the time to invest in a solution that will ensure that this never happens again to you. Do some research on backup utilities (we have plenty of good discussions in this news group about them (ignore the very latest thread "backup utilities" started by "dorayme"). Personally, I think Retrospect, while being a complex tool, is one of the best in terms of features, flexibility, and robustness, even today - and I'm sure others here will agree with me on that.

It's a good idea to plan your backup strategy so that it is:

* automated and unattended - it should happen on a schedule without your interaction
* flexible - so that you can backup any files or folders, on multiple machines over the network if needed, to a hard drive, to tape, to an FTP server, etc.
* incremental - so that only changed files are backed up each session
* snapshot-capable - so that multiple snapshots of changed files are kept, allowing you to roll back changes to any point in time
* rotatable - so that you can keep a backup set off-site or in a fireproof safe at all times, in case of a catastrophe

Then purchase and set up your backup utility, run some tests to make sure you can restore your data, and stick with it religiously.

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JR

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