Time machine and my hdd?

[trellaine]

I have my ext hdd setup with time machine for the past year and a half. I just moved and tried resetting up the hdd to my iMac. I just plugged the USB cable into the iMac and it should work again? My ext hdd doesn't need a power source.

I sort of hear something from the hdd but I can't get the mac to recognize it nor can I do any backups.

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Hellhammer]

Try Disk Utility. Finder -> Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility -> Check hard drive. Also repair your permissions

 

[Ooz]

I ran into something similar and found out that my usb cable was bad.

Apparently, these cheapo cables they supply with pretty much anything don't hold the bending and twisting.

Worth a try before you go toss the darn thing out

 

[Hellhammer]

I ran into something similar and found out that my usb cable was bad.

Apparently, these cheapo cables they supply with pretty much anything don't hold the bending and twisting.

Worth a try before you go toss the darn thing out

If it's just USB it's good thing. New USB cable costs only few dollars

 

[geoffreak]

I've also had a USB cable fail before. The hard drive appeared to be powered but would not connect. Replacing the cable fixed the problem.

 

[trellaine]

Nothing yet

I ran into something similar and found out that my usb cable was bad.

Apparently, these cheapo cables they supply with pretty much anything don't hold the bending and twisting.

Worth a try before you go toss the darn thing out

Hmmm I switched USB cables and I can hear some clicking which appears to be from the ext hdd but I still can't see it in the finder.

Is it something I am not doing correctly? I thought I just plug it in and then time machine works.

Thanks