Imac will not find external drive

[bigvern]

I have recently done the upgrade to Snow Leopard and now find that my imac cannot recognise my g-tech external drive. I have messed around and got it to work once but then it will not eject. I am not sure if the upgrade is the problem or not. recently the g-tech drive seems to have constantly spinning all the time. I have tried using both firewire and USB but it is all a bit hit and miss.

Any help would be appreciated

I really thinking of going back to Leopard as I have not got much on my imac

Thanks Chris UK

 

[Genesiscreative]

I've heard gTech drives have mount issues. It may be your drive and not SL or your Imac. Try mounting the drive on a different mac. if it mounts run disk utility.

 

[bigvern]

Tried it on my sons macbook pro and it is the same !!!!!

It is going back to the shop tomorrow. Should have bought a Freecom had one of these for years on my windows laptop with no problem

 

[Genesiscreative]

Sounds like it's the drive for sure. Read the feedback on Apples website and you will see your aren't alone. I ordered a Newer Technology FireWire drive from OWC and I'm very pleased with it.

 

[bigvern]

Thanks for the advice. Struggling to find a stockist in the UK. Have you heard any feedback on wd (western digital) or iomega. Both of these are available at my local Tesco (supermarket)

Chris