Frequently Asked Questions
The Mac boots but the hard drive does not mount on the desktop.
OS X
Try a different cable.
Repair the Permissions. Open the Disk Utilities and click on the First Aid Tab. Highlight your 'boot volume' on the left side of the window and click on 'Repair Permissions'. (Don't bother verifying first. It takes as long as repair and something always needs repairing).
Shut down, power off and disconnect all devices. Unplug the computers power cable (or remove the battery if a laptop). Wait about 15 minutes. Plug everything back in and boot up. This may reset the bus.
OS 9
Try a different cable.
Launch Silverlining to see if the drive is showing on the bus.
If it does show: - See if you can select the drive and mount it.
- Run a test on the drive
- Try reinstalling the drivers from the System CD.
- Try reformatting.
If it does not show: - Verify that the drivers are loading
- Try reinstalling the drivers from the System CD.
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