can't repair Error on external HDD

**alvinrayyu** · 11-10-2007, 12:52 PM

i've been using the original fujitsu HDD that came with my macbook as an external hard drive, enclosed in a USB 2.0 enclosure

it suddenly died on me, my system can't recognize it citing an error

i tried disk utility and it can not repair the external drive

i tried booting using the mac os x install disc to open disk utility, still it can not repair the said drive

attached are screenshots of the error message

any technical advice/help would be appreciated

thanks a lot

**Sponsor** · 11-10-2007 12:52 PM

**dixtreme** · 11-10-2007, 12:58 PM

This also happened to me. My best bet would be to try to use Diskwarrior. It re-built my directory and i could use my HD again. My hard drive is an Iomega 250gig USB/FW.

**ramil** · 06-22-2009, 12:26 AM

Same thing happened to my external HDD this morning. I checked philmug if there was anything posted about HDD repair or data retrieval. Good thing I found this thread.

DiskWarrior worked well. My external HDD was up and working again in about 2 minutes!

Thanks for the tip, dixtreme!

**MacSonic 779** · 06-22-2009, 07:23 AM

Try using Diskwarrior 4.01 as this happened to me once with my internal HD. I had a bootable external HD with Diskwarrior in it. Booted to the external HD and ran Diskwarrior which help fix the problem. You may actually run Diskwarrior 2 ways- boot at the Diswarrior CD or run it thru an external HD ( USB or Firewire ok ) I prefer the second method as its faster unlike thru the CD which is being read by the player at a slower pace. Hope you get to fix your HD.

**bad_boy** · 06-22-2009, 09:06 AM

alvinrayyu: That happened to me with my Blackbook (but the internal was still the internal then). I went around but never recovered my data. Come to think of it, it was a Fujitsu too...

**bernzki** · 06-22-2009, 09:49 AM

"The new GS40 Express mobile chipset is a lower-power variant of the exisiting GS45 Express graphics and memory controller hub. The new chipset has an as-yet-unspecified lower TDP than the GS45's 12W and supports a frontside bus (FSB) of up to 800MHz and a graphics clock of 400MHz, as opposed to the GS45's 1066MHz FSB and 533MHz graphics clock."

QUESTION: which is better in terms of speed or in general? the soon-to-come GS45 with upto 800MHz and a graphics clock of 400MHz or the GS45's 1066MHz and 533MHz graphics clock?