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killall Finder</pre>
 
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== Mount disk problem ==
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== Mount disk problem - exFAT ==
  
 
* go to terminal
 
* go to terminal
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* eg: diskutil
 
* eg: diskutil
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THIS DID NOT SOLVE THINGS
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Usually in scenarios where the disk won't mount and you get that error message the computer is trying to run a fsck in the background, check activity monitor for a fsck_hfs or similarly named process and kill it, the disk will mount for you if you're lucky.
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there was fsck_exfat in activity monitor. killed it. mounted.
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* use chkdsk in windows on the partition
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* chkdsk {drive}: /f
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* sudo fsck_exfat -d disk2s2
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* d for debug - all the files will flash past

Latest revision as of 13:44, 9 December 2015


defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

Mount disk problem - exFAT

  • go to terminal
  • diskutil list -- for list of disks
  • diskutil verifyVolume [disk_identifier]
  • diskutil repairVolume [disk_identifier]
  • diskutil mount [disk_identifier]
  • eg: diskutil

THIS DID NOT SOLVE THINGS

Usually in scenarios where the disk won't mount and you get that error message the computer is trying to run a fsck in the background, check activity monitor for a fsck_hfs or similarly named process and kill it, the disk will mount for you if you're lucky.

there was fsck_exfat in activity monitor. killed it. mounted.

  • use chkdsk in windows on the partition
  • chkdsk {drive}: /f
  • sudo fsck_exfat -d disk2s2
  • d for debug - all the files will flash past