External hardrive not readable by laptop

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hansenre

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I have a powerbook g4 laptop.

I purchased an external hardrive last fall, and had to get advice from you how to make it compatible with my computer. Since then, it has worked perfectly, and i haven't had any problems. I just came back to school for the fall, and the first time i tried to plug my external hardrive into my laptop, I got the error message "DISK INSERTION: The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." I tried ejecting and turning off the external hardrive, and then plugging it in again multiple times, but keep getting the same message. Please help me fix this problem, my external hardrive has many important things stored on it!!!!!
Thank you,
Robin
 
It sounds like the hard drive was damaged. You might want to invest in DiskWarrior, which may be able to repair the disk. You can also try OS X's disk utility, but that may not work, as the hard drive will not mount. Will it mount on PCs or other computers?
 
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