Connected via Firewire with a 400 (from drive) to 800 port on my iMac3.06 GHz Inter Core 2 Duo. It showed up at first, but then I got that error message that a device was removed without ejecting, but I hadn;t done anything. Now I can't get it to be seen on my desktop.

Hi there


It looks like a filesystem-related problem, but Firewire might still be the culprit (Sometimes it just 'banishes' certain devices). Check System Profiler > FireWire, and see if your hard drive shows up in there. If it doesn't, try the PRAM-reset, otherwise, try the following:


Open Disk Utility and check if your drive shows up in there. Select your drive and press Repair Disk. If your drive doesn't show up, or the repair process fails or hangs, try this:


- open Terminal
- type in "top" (no parentheses), this will run a system monitor program
- maximize the screen, and look for a process called fsck_msdos or fsck_hfs
- note down the Process ID (PID) of this process, it should be a four or five digit number
- press ctrl + C to close the system monitor
- type in sudo kill and then the process number you noted down
(for example sudo kill 1948)
- Terminal will ask for your password. Type in your password and press enter (note that no ***** will be shown while typing your password, so take care to type it correctly)
- your drive should show up now (with an error that it couldn't be repaired) in read-only mode


To restore full functionality, you'll have to reformat the drive. Back up your files to another drive, and then format the drive using Disk Utility:


- select the drive
- select the Erase tab
- choose Volume Format and Name to your liking (Mac OS Extended is only readable by Macs, or PC's with Macdrive installed, MS-DOS is readable by both but only allows files up to 4GB)


When formatting is complete, you can move your files back to the drive.


Hope this helped...

Hi there
It looks like a filesystem-related problem, but Firewire might still be the culprit (Sometimes it just 'banishes' certain devices). Check System Profiler > FireWire, and see if your hard drive shows up in there. If it doesn't, try the PRAM-reset, otherwise, try the following:
Open Disk Utility and check if your drive shows up in there. Select your drive and press Repair Disk. If your drive doesn't show up, or the repair process fails or hangs, try this:
- open Terminal - type in "top" (no parentheses), this will run a system monitor program - maximize the screen, and look for a process called fsck_msdos or fsck_hfs - note down the Process ID (PID) of this process, it should be a four or five digit number - press ctrl + C to close the system monitor - type in sudo kill and then the process number you noted down (for example sudo kill 1948) - Terminal will ask for your password. Type in your password and press enter (note that no ***** will be shown while typing your password, so take care to type it correctly) - your drive should show up now (with an error that it couldn't be repaired) in read-only mode
To restore full functionality, you'll have to reformat the drive. Back up your files to another drive, and then format the drive using Disk Utility:
- select the drive - select the Erase tab - choose Volume Format and Name to your liking (Mac OS Extended is only readable by Macs, or PC's with Macdrive installed, MS-DOS is readable by both but only allows files up to 4GB)
When formatting is complete, you can move your files back to the drive.
Hope this helped...