[DM-MUG] Lost hard drives (Robert Gaines)

[Matthew W.]

What happens if you boot up in Safe Mode? (hold Shift key on startup  
until you see the Apple).

Run Repair permissions from Disk Utility. Then download and run the  
10.4.8 Combo update. Lastly, if that doesn't work, re-install Mac OS  
X using Archive and Install preserving users and network settings  
(see the Options button in the installer). These are the quickest and  
also most comprehensive, though still not guaranteed, methods of  
removing system problems from the equation.

If this were from another user that you still have access to, I'd  
probably consider wiping the drive, re-installing OS X clean and  
testing it for a bit. Then migrate users again. This time, however,  
you might consider creating an Admin user to test initially. Then you  
can drop in the 2nd user account and keep it separated. This way you  
can tell if it's specific to each user account or still something  
affecting the overall system.

Mw

On Nov 30, 2006, at 12:57 PM, Robert Gaines wrote:

> Hi there!
> Just imported user from another hard drive using Migrate assistant.  
> Now Hard Drives do not show up at all. Not on desktop or Column  
> view. Preferences set to show hard drives.
> Hard Drives show up on Disk Utility and I can select them in start- 
> up disk utility. There are two firewire and one internal drive. All  
> same symptoms. OS 10.4.8 The drives will start up just fine. Even  
> the drive I am started up from is invisible.
> I have repaired disk permissions and repaired all disks using disk  
> utility.
> If I search for the drive names using spotlight they are found  
> sometimes as folders. It will locate files on the drives and I can  
> navigate to them that way. I can access the files on them. I can't  
> save files to them. When they do show up in the list they are  
> greyed out.
> Thanks for your help.
> Robert
>