hello all,
my macbook is no longer reading my external hard drive, but when i plug it into my roommate's pc, it works fine. (on the pc, it does not appear on the desktop, but appears in 'my computer.' on the mac, it does not appear on the desktop as it used to do, now it just appears in Disk Utility). this is what comes up when i try to repair the disk in Disk Utility:
Verify and Repair disk WD Passport
** /dev/disk1s1
** Phase 1 - Read FAT
** Phase 2 - Check Cluster Chains
** Phase 3 - Checking Directories
Unable to read directory (Input/output error)
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 non HFS volume checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of an error
The disk description is: WD 1600BEVExternal Media
I need the contents of the hard drive because I don't have them anywhere else! So erasing is not an option. Is there anyway to save the files? Or do I have to dump all the files on a PC, and restore the hard drive?
Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
my macbook is no longer reading my external hard drive, but when i plug it into my roommate's pc, it works fine. (on the pc, it does not appear on the desktop, but appears in 'my computer.' on the mac, it does not appear on the desktop as it used to do, now it just appears in Disk Utility). this is what comes up when i try to repair the disk in Disk Utility:
Verify and Repair disk WD Passport
** /dev/disk1s1
** Phase 1 - Read FAT
** Phase 2 - Check Cluster Chains
** Phase 3 - Checking Directories
Unable to read directory (Input/output error)
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 non HFS volume checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of an error
The disk description is: WD 1600BEVExternal Media
I need the contents of the hard drive because I don't have them anywhere else! So erasing is not an option. Is there anyway to save the files? Or do I have to dump all the files on a PC, and restore the hard drive?
Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!