"You have inserted a disk containing no volumes that Mac OS X can read..."

bluesigns · November 16, 2005 12:34PM

ERROR MESSAGE: "You have inserted a disk containing no volumes that Mac OS X can read..."

MAXTOR Firewire HD

733mhx G4

OS X 10.3.9

i have had a Maxtor firewire hard drive running as a sort of filiing cabinet for the past year. i connected 2 other firewire hard drives to the system recently and since then i cannot access my Maxtor HD.

what can i do to rescue my drive and files?

project2501 · November 16, 2005 1:41PM

Have you tried to connect just that one disk? Is the disk firewire powered? Maybe your firewire port can't power all three disks?

bluesigns · November 16, 2005 4:02PM

yes i tried plugging just the one drive in-

same thing.

i tried hooking it up to my powerbook-

same thing.

i just dug out a my Norton SystemWorks 2.0 disk.

i guess i should plug in the drive

and then reboot from the disk.

but if the disk isn't being recognized how do i get it diagnosed?

hmm, thats going to have to be latere tonight

i've still got work to do.

i hope this old version of NORTON is the trick.

i know i haven't used it in over a year.

any input appreciated.

tia

bluesigns · November 16, 2005 11:54PM

i booted from the NORTON SystemWorks CD

and the warning about a disk that cant be read comes up and forces me to either initialize or eject the disk.

so i eject the disk and go to DiskDoctor and ask it to "Show Missing Disks" it scans the busses but finds nothing!?!

what now?

pyr3 · November 17, 2005 12:16AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bluesigns

i booted from the NORTON SystemWorks CD

and the warning about a disk that cant be read comes up and forces me to either initialize or eject the disk.

so i eject the disk and go to DiskDoctor and ask it to "Show Missing Disks" it scans the busses but finds nothing!?!

what now?

It could be the controller for the external case that has failed. Buy a cheap external case, and try putting the drive in it. If you still have the same problems, then the drive may be dead.

It could also be a bad firewire cable. Try using a different cable to connect it.

At that point, you've eliminated the failure on the computer end (tried it on two computers). You've eliminated failure on the way to the device. You've also eliminated failure of the connection (the controller) to the device. The only thing left that could be the problem is the device.

bluesigns · November 17, 2005 1:19AM

thank you

i finally got it to recognize the "Missing Disk" by hot plugging the drive after i booted from the CD and already had DiskDoctor opened on the the desktop.

its examining the drive now.

i think its been over an hour and its crawling along.

it was going so slow at first - i thought it crashed.

looks like it will be running all night.

bluesigns · November 17, 2005 1:21PM

now i'm worried;

when i ran Disk Doctor there were some problems found.

it fixed 2 and stopped on the 3rd and said i should start again.

now as soon as i launch Disk Doctor it says:

Major Error; No Partitions found...

mike fishcake · November 17, 2005 1:58PM

Probably because it's a Maxtor drive TBH.

I work in a workshop, and we refuse to buy Maxtor drives because they've had by far the worst failure rate we've had from any manufacturer.

mrmister · November 17, 2005 4:32PM

One word for you, and the word is:

DISKWARRIOR.

messiah · November 20, 2005 7:33AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mike Fishcake

Probably because it's a Maxtor drive TBH.

I work in a workshop, and we refuse to buy Maxtor drives because they've had by far the worst failure rate we've had from any manufacturer.

Really? I always thought Maxtor were on of the better manufacturers?

That's concerning...

"You have inserted a disk containing no volumes that Mac OS X can read..."

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