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    MBP (late 08) Not Recognizing Drives in USB Ports

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by The_Shirt, Apr 28, 2009.

  1. The_Shirt

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    Hi all,

    Checking to see if anyone has a quick solution to this. I had Window Vista, via bootcamp, on my MBP. I deleted it via bootcamp. Now my usb doesn't seem to be working properly. When I plug in a flash drive (or iPod), after about 30 seconds I get a "drive attempting to mount" message. I click allow and nothing ever happens. iPhone still works and syncs fine via USB, cooler works fine via USB, so I'm pretty sure it's sofware related.

    Also, when I did disk repair just now, once it was done, I restarted. I got a "no boot device" message. I had to restart and hold down options just like when I was dual booting to get the Mac HD icon to show. When I hit that, it booted fine.

    I did get some repairs under disk repair, but it indicated the permissions were repaired.

    Any suggestions? (would prefer not to reinstall everything if possible).

    Thanks in advance,

    Bill
     
    The_Shirt, Apr 28, 2009
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