Hello, I own the NexStar MX Dual 3.5'' SATA/eSATA External Hard Drive Enclosure( http://www.vantecusa.com/front/product/view_detail/277) and I previously had it connected to my Power PC G4 Mac computer. In the enclosure, I have 2x500GB HDDs. One HDD is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and the other NTFS. In any event, I recently purchased an Intel Quad Core mac and now my computer only recognizes the Mac OS formatted drive and not the NTFS volume. I can see it on disk utility but I get an error (please see attachment). Could you assist me with this issue, please?
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Dual HDD enclosure issue (1 HDD is not being recognized with new Intel Mac Pro)
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thanks for the reply. Yeah, only Disk Utility is the only thing that seems to recognize the drive. I downloaded and installed it, but it still doesn't mount the NTFS disk.
Yes, I still have my original Power Mac G4 and it recognizes the disk perfectly.
hey 
are you able to take the HDD out of the case and connect it into the computer directly via SATA?
that will greatly help with troubleshooting
you recieved that error bceause you attempted to repair/verify the disk - which is impossible with NTFS formatted disks on a mac.
are you able to take the HDD out of the case and connect it into the computer directly via SATA?
that will greatly help with troubleshooting
you recieved that error bceause you attempted to repair/verify the disk - which is impossible with NTFS formatted disks on a mac.
hey
are you able to take the HDD out of the case and connect it into the computer directly via SATA?
that will greatly help with troubleshooting
you recieved that error bceause you attempted to repair/verify the disk - which is impossible with NTFS formatted disks on a mac.
The error was just for informational purposes. The issue is why isn't the NTFS drive mounting... THAT is the issue I want to address
The error was just for informational purposes. The issue is why isn't the NTFS drive mounting... THAT is the issue I want to address
did you try what the error message suggested? going through the command line to run the command?
im just trying to find out if its a problem with the enclosure itself or with the hard drive.
reboot your computer
did you try what the error message suggested? going through the command line to run the command?
im just trying to find out if its a problem with the enclosure itself or with the hard drive.
reboot your computer
I've rebooted the computer BUT I haven't run the command. Actually, I'm not quite sure HOW to do it
Terminal always intimidates me (wish they have a class on using it or something... haha)Would I just copy and paste the message into a blank terminal screen?
I've rebooted the computer BUT I haven't run the command. Actually, I'm not quite sure HOW to do it
Would I just copy and paste the message into a blank terminal screen?
ive never played around with that command so i am unsure if it will actually work or not. but yes attempt to copy/paste the path in. it may present some default options for you to use.
have you tried hitting "mount" in the disk utility toolbar lol?
I have tried mounting it but that's what prompted me to repair disk and when I did that I got the error message.
So in terminal I copied and pasted the command line but I need to add in the device location e.g. dev/<something> ... but I have no idea where to find what the device name is.. any ideas on how I can find out?
click on "eternity" (the drive name) in disk utility, then Get Info on it.
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Ok I have never felt like such an idiot before. Thanks for the information. I did as suggested and input the information in terminal. The Attachment shows the results... however, the disk still hasn't mounted. I just don't understand...
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intersting. it appears to have fixed it, but still not working...
im wondering if its an issue with the NTFS-3G installation on your computer?
could you try to uninstall it and see if it gets read permissions?
WOO HOO!! Success (finally!)
Running the command line in terminal THEN re-installing the NTFS-3G (then rebooting of course). Thank you again for all the help.
WOO HOO!! Success (finally!)
Running the command line in terminal THEN re-installing the NTFS-3G (then rebooting of course). Thank you again for all the help.
EXCELLENT! glad that its all working now! woohooo.
enjoy!