I cannot access my files and it improperly ejects after a couple of minutes

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I have a Mid 2010 iMac, Core i3 3.06 GHz Processor, 4 GB Memory, OS X 10.9 Software.

I connected a WD My Book Essential 3 TB external hard drive over a year ago.

I formatted the drive to Mac OS Extended (journaled) and never used the WD software supplied.

I created a 500 GB partition and used this for Time Machine backups.

It worked fine until I upgraded OS X Software to 10.9.

Now when connected I cannot access my files and it improperly ejects after a couple of minutes.

Does anyone have a solution to my problem?\

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See if you are able to repair the partition on Disk Utility.

How to test a drive for defects or problems on a Mac

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/866

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Thanks John012, I connect the drive and run Disk Utility and repair disk but the drive ejects before the program can finish, very frustrating.

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Hi,

experiencing the same issue with a WD Elements:

http://community.wd.com/t5/External-Drives-for-Mac/WD-Elements-ejects-under-heavy-load/td-p/685927

Do you have any solutions?

BR

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Hi BR, I believe the problem was I had a partition using Time Macine, when I upgraded to Maverick the Time Machine backup failed. What I have done is formatted the drive and luckily it worked so I can atleast use the drive but I lost all of my info. Glenn.