ON MY MAC 10.4.9 TIGER, I AM USING THE ULTRA MINI DISK EXTERNAL DRIVE WHICH IS CONNECTED WITH A USB. I ALSO HAVE A M AUDIO INTERFACE CONNECTED TO THE MAC BY FIREWIRE. PREVIOUSLY I WAS RUNNING THE MUSIC TRACKS FROM THE DRIVE WITHOUT A PROBLEM.THEN I WANTED TO RECORD ON THEM, SO MAC SUPPORT SAID TO TAKE OUT USB AND DAISY CHAIN THE MINI EXTERNAL DRIVE TO THE AUDIO INTERFACE THROUGH FIREWIRE WHICH GOES INTO THE 1814 PORT OF THE INTERFACE. THIS WORKED RIGHT AWAY AND I WAS ABLE TO RECORD.THEN THERE WAS SOME LOUD FEED BACK, AND SAID THAT THE DRIVE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO SUPPORT IT.BASICALLY, IT CRASHED. AFTER THIS THE DRIVE WOULD NO LONGER READ THE DISK, EITHER WAY VIA USB WHICH ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR DAYS, OR THROUGH THE DAISY CHAIN OF FIREWIRE TO THE AUDIO INTERFACE. HELP
You could try a repartition / reformat, if the drive is detected at all, or you could try running scandisk/disktools, to try and recover / repair the TOC/ FAT
Posted on Jul 26, 2007
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