External Hard Drive has disappeared

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External Hard Drive has disappeared

I have two external drives connected to my iMac. As of this morning only one appears on my desk top. I have reset the smc as well as the pram with no results. I know the hard drive is ok as i have taken it and tried it on my other iMac.

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 22, 2022 9:58 AM

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rkaufmann87

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Apr 22, 2022 10:18 AM in response to Calieco

When doing a SMC reset all wired peripherals (EHDs, printers, scanners etc...) should be disconnected and you should do the SMC reset 2-3 times. Double check the cabling on the EHD in question and use a new cable and also don't forget to restart in Safe Mode and then re-introduce the EHD.

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