Iomega external hard drive reading problem on Mac

[oskarandcavelli]

Hello,
Been using my Iomega external hard drive for 2 years now, never been a problem with my mac then suddenly it has a pop up message saying " disk you inserted was not readable with this computer".

I've got important files on this hard drive and the idea of formatting it is not what I want to do. Need help please!!

 

[COLGeek]

This sounds like a potentially defective HDD. Have you tried accessing it from another computer? The idea is to isolate the problem as the HDD or the computer (or USB port).

Please clarify.

 

[oskarandcavelli]

Yes, tried it on my imac and my macbook. The light on the HDD is lit so doesn't seem to be a USB problem.

 

[COLGeek]

Use Disk Utility to check the health of the drive. Select the drive and use the Verify Disk and/or Repair Disk selections.