I have a 3 year old 200GB AcomData external HD. I use it everyday at work with my Mac Pro tower running 10.5.5. It has always worked like a champ. Yesterday afternoon I went to open up a file and it gave me a warning that the file was not recognizable. It was a file I open almost every day. I tried a newer file and it gave me the same warning. I tried to eject it but it wouldn't let me. So I shut down my computer and disconnected it. I restarted my machine. Once it was up, I connected my external again (using firewire as usual) and the screen went black from top to bottom and a waring came up saying, "Hold down the power key for several seconds to shut down your computer". I tried it on another mac at work and got the same results, and again on my tower and laptop at home. I have about 150GB backed up on other hard drives but desperately need that other 50GB. Any suggestions? Oh, I also tried all of the ports on the back and tried using a different firewire cable. No luck. Thanks.
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AcomData External HD freezes my Mac
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Sounds like the hard drive is failing. I think it's time to upgrade to a 750+ GB drive in that enclosure...
Speaking of upgrading, is there any reason you're still using 10.5.5?
Speaking of upgrading, is there any reason you're still using 10.5.5?
But you don't know if it's the drive itself or the enclosure's controller. You ought to buy a Universal Drive Adapter and pull that drive to see if it's in good working order.