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morrissey1

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Apr 9, 2008
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I have a MacMini with a MicroNet MiniMate IDE external hard drive.

The hard drive is USB, and usually mounts on startup. However, soon after trying to access a folder or file it unmounts and I get the "Device Removal" warning.

It usually remounts, but the same thing happens over and over. My files are all still intact on the drive.

I have checked cables and used different USB ports.

I CANNOT run DiskWarrior or Drive First Aid completely because the drive unmounts before the scans are complete.

Is this a sign of a bad USB port on the drive, or is the disk trashed? Any way I can resurrect this drive?
 
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