Iomega prestige 1tb forums

[theoldtory]

I've been using an Iomega Prestige 1T external hard drive with my Macbook (OS 10.7.4) for a while with no problem. Today I was uploading data to the drive when I suddenly got the "this device was not ejected properly" message. Now the drive won't mount. I tried plugging it into two Windows computers - same result. The blue power light is on and stays on consistently.
I've tried restarting the computers, plugging into different USB ports, and using a different USB cable. What would cause the drive to fail like that? I there anything that can be done to fix this without losing the data that's already on the Iomega?

Thanks - Steve

 

[nhasian]

well either the hard disk itself is defective, or the external enclosure is. you can remove the drive from the enclosure and put it into a desktop to try to read it, or put it in a different enclosure. good luck!

 

[theoldtory]

Best answer selected by theoldtory.