Finding the HD24 device name (Mac)

To find the device name on your Mac, start up a terminal, then type

ls /dev/disk*

then press Enter.

You should now see a list of disks, such as:

/dev/disk0
/dev/disk0s1
/dev/disk0s2
/dev/disk1
/dev/disk1s1
/dev/disk2

How do you know which device is the HD24 drive? A few hints:

• It is usually not /dev/disk0 because this is your system drive.
• It is not any of the drives where the drive number is followed by s1, s2 or higher; this is because s1, s2 etc. indicate several partitions on the drive. The HD24 does not support partitions, so any disk which is also followed by s1, s2 etc. is not an HD24 drive. In the example above, /dev/disk0 and /dev/disk1 are not HD24 drives.
• Finally, it is most likely to be the drive name that was not listed before connecting the HD24 drive, but that suddenly shows up when you do connect the HD24 drive to your Mac.

In the above case, /dev/disk2 is the most likely candidate.

Under File->Recovery->Select device... you should now specify this device. In the dropdown box Choose device, either select the device name, or select --Use other device-- and manually enter the device name of the HD24 drive.