I was unclear; it makes the "seeking" noises and the LED flashes a bit, then it gives up.
On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 2:38 PM, Jan van Wijk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rick, > > On Sun, 1 Apr 2018 16:18:39 -0400 Rick Womer wrote: >> >>So, I borrowed a toaster, took the 3.5" drive out of its case (Seagate 2TB in >>an OWC case), and put in in the toaster. > > OK, good > >>It spins up, makes clicking sounds for a bit, but still doesn't show up on >>the desktop =or= in Disk Utility. > > Hmm, that does not sound good. > It should make some 'seeking' noise perhaps (and the LED, if any may blink > for a while) > but it should not make real 'click' sounds. > > Clicks are usually caused by the drive-firmware resetting, causing the > head-assembly > to return to a start-poistion. It may do that when it can't read anything > from the platters ... > >>So, I think it's a partition table problem. :-( > > No, partition tables are about CONTENTS, even a virgin disk, with nothing on > it, > would still appear in Disk-utility (where you would then 'initialize' it, and > partition/format) > >>Jan, I have scarcely used Terminal at all (only to launch FSCK when the OS >>wouldn't launch, and a couple of other things); so I would need a detailed >>tutorial. > > No problem when you need it, but if Disk-Utility does not see it, neither > will DFSee ... > > Regards, JvW > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com > Flickr : jvw_pentax > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
