An external hard drive that cannot be recognized can cause serious problems for business users, whether you are relying on the drive to make backups or transferring files from one machine to another.

Several users have reported that external FireWire and/or USB hard drives will not mount after updating to Mac OS X 10.4.7. MacFixIt reader Joseph Samuels writes: "I did have some trouble with one of ...

External hard drives back up your most important files, but what happens when they malfunction? Here's what to do if your device is not detected by Windows or macOS.

Problems starting up after update -- try re-applying combo updater from separate drive If you are having problems starting up after applying the Mac OS X 10.4.7 (i.e. startup stalls at the grey screen ...

Some Mac users report that their Mac or MacBook cannot read the inserted disk with the error code: “The disk you attached was not readable by this computer.” This ...

If your external hard drive keeps blinking, but Windows doesn’t detect or recognize it, this post will help you. Most hard drives have an activity light on them. The light flashes when there is a data ...