My External USB HD won't connect

[bobber205]

How do I force OS X to look to see if there are any drives (like external drives) that it can connect to?

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It's connected to my computer via USB 2.0. I've tried restarting 5 times. Nothing helps. *angry*

WTF. I've had this drive for like 2 days and it's already crapped out?

 

[72930]

How do I force OS X to look to see if there are any drives (like external drives) that it can connect to?

....

It's connected to my computer via USB 2.0. I've tried restarting 5 times. Nothing helps. *angry*

WTF. I've had this drive for like 2 days and it's already crapped out?

Open disk utility

Make sure that it is turned on

 

[bobber205]

It doesn't even show up in Disk Utility.

And it's turned on. lol 😉

 

[Bwebb]

Have you tried:

another usb cable you can try
another usb port on computer to try
another computer to try the drive with
power off the drive then back on

 

[bobber205]

Guess I held my tongue just right.

Before I read your post, I tried opening the external enclosure up to see if anything was loose. Nothing was... 🙂

Then I plugged the cable back in and then the power and it worked.

😀

Why it was messed up we may never know. 😉