How to recover an APFS formatted USB drive showing error 49217 on MacOS' Disk Utility?
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:07 am
Hi there,
I have an external USB drive (2 TB) which cannot mount anymore on my MacOS. The application Disk Utility shows:
Could not mount “DISKNAME”. (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error 49217.)
What I tried:
Made an image using R-Studio ("Create Image").
Then I used Parallels and R-Drive Image to restore the image to a fresh APFS formatted new USB drive. The process took 36 hours.
However, if I try to mount the new drive, I get the same error as with the original broken drive.
Any idea how to solve this?
>Thx.
I have an external USB drive (2 TB) which cannot mount anymore on my MacOS. The application Disk Utility shows:
Could not mount “DISKNAME”. (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error 49217.)
What I tried:
Made an image using R-Studio ("Create Image").
Then I used Parallels and R-Drive Image to restore the image to a fresh APFS formatted new USB drive. The process took 36 hours.
However, if I try to mount the new drive, I get the same error as with the original broken drive.
Any idea how to solve this?
>Thx.