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Hello folks.
Running Sierra 10.12.3
I have a 2Tb Seagate usb 2/3 hard disk that is not showing up in the finder, or disk utility, or even the system report. Previously this same hard disk worked fine, I regularly use it for backups and large file transfers. When I plug it in now it spins up, and I get a solid status light, but not any of the blinking that indicates communication/mounting.
The external disk is fully functional on other computers, I've tried two other macs (not hackintosh) and they each worked fine. I used one to run disk first aid on it, and it repaired something (I forgot to save the log), but it was still not visible on my hackintosh afterward. I've been looking for similar problems on the fora but I have had trouble finding the same symptoms. One post suggested changing the xHCI mode in my bios from Smart Auto to Auto, but I don't seem to have those options.
I'm not sure what to change since it has worked previously, and I'm not sure how to pin down if it's an issue with the disk or with the computer.
UPDATE: I cracked open the case and hooked the drive up via SATA and it works fine. More information that might be important: AT one point I cloned my hackintosh startup disk to a partition of m this external drive, but later decided I'd prefer to keep the clone as a diskimage for simplicity. There may still be some leftover bits from that, for example, disk utility seems to think it can't repair it because it's a startup volume.
Running Sierra 10.12.3
I have a 2Tb Seagate usb 2/3 hard disk that is not showing up in the finder, or disk utility, or even the system report. Previously this same hard disk worked fine, I regularly use it for backups and large file transfers. When I plug it in now it spins up, and I get a solid status light, but not any of the blinking that indicates communication/mounting.
The external disk is fully functional on other computers, I've tried two other macs (not hackintosh) and they each worked fine. I used one to run disk first aid on it, and it repaired something (I forgot to save the log), but it was still not visible on my hackintosh afterward. I've been looking for similar problems on the fora but I have had trouble finding the same symptoms. One post suggested changing the xHCI mode in my bios from Smart Auto to Auto, but I don't seem to have those options.
I'm not sure what to change since it has worked previously, and I'm not sure how to pin down if it's an issue with the disk or with the computer.
UPDATE: I cracked open the case and hooked the drive up via SATA and it works fine. More information that might be important: AT one point I cloned my hackintosh startup disk to a partition of m this external drive, but later decided I'd prefer to keep the clone as a diskimage for simplicity. There may still be some leftover bits from that, for example, disk utility seems to think it can't repair it because it's a startup volume.
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