Greetings from Australia.
My son uses his mac for video editing and is in the middle of a major dvd project with deadlines looming. Last night while I cleaning up, he was out but his mac was burning a first cut of the project for the man who has hired him, when the burn was complete, I saved everything and then powered down his machine. He has an external hard drive connected as well and because the computer was powered down I thought it would be ok to disconnect it to tidy up my table area. I couldn't see a power button on the drive so I just pulled the power cable out of the back. I was a bad mother but I didn't know it at the time. Right now when he turns on his computer, he can't even see the external drive let alone access it. Have I caused irretrievable damage or can the data be recovered? I'm feeling pretty bad at this point & would appreciate any help or advice you can give me.
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read my question.
My son uses his mac for video editing and is in the middle of a major dvd project with deadlines looming. Last night while I cleaning up, he was out but his mac was burning a first cut of the project for the man who has hired him, when the burn was complete, I saved everything and then powered down his machine. He has an external hard drive connected as well and because the computer was powered down I thought it would be ok to disconnect it to tidy up my table area. I couldn't see a power button on the drive so I just pulled the power cable out of the back. I was a bad mother but I didn't know it at the time. Right now when he turns on his computer, he can't even see the external drive let alone access it. Have I caused irretrievable damage or can the data be recovered? I'm feeling pretty bad at this point & would appreciate any help or advice you can give me.
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read my question.