External Hard Drive malfunctioning and refusing to mount on MacOs Ventura

Hi, I bought this external hard drive about two weeks ago for my computer. However, recently it has been malfunctioning and refuses to mount at all, and disconnects after a minute or two.

  1. I tried First Aid, that failed.
  2. I tried formatting it, that failed as well.
  3. I tried another computer, same thing. It even freezes file explorer on Windows.
  4. Tried using another cable, that didn't work.
  5. Zero physical damage, why would there be?


Please help.



Mac mini, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jan 14, 2025 8:17 PM

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External Hard Drive malfunctioning and refusing to mount on MacOs Ventura

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