Mac Finder: WD My Passport won't mount

Posted by Matt on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Matt
Published on 2012-06-05T10:13:38Z Indexed on 2012/06/05 10:42 UTC
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I really need your help. I have a WD My Passport 650GB (with Firewire and USB). I'm using it for almost a year now and it always worked fine. While underway I simply plug it in via Firewire - at home I connect it to my Airport Extreme to have it available as a network storage.

Today I connected the hd to my macbookpro (via firewire) and NOTHING. The hd is starting (clearly making a sound and the power-indicator is flashing) but it won't appear in Finder. I also tried it with USB - no sign.

I ran Disk Utility and tried to repair the disk. At first try I got a red error line saying that something is wrong with the "headers". However the repair completed with a success message saying that everything is ok. I also verified the hd. Also with a success message. I did that a few times again and unplugged it in between. Never got the error with the headers again - it's always completing and saying everything is ok. However I can't mount the drive.

That is what Disk Utility is showing.

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Any ideas on that? I really need the files on that hd.

thank you in advance!

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