odd issue with SD

[camner]

Thanks for the response.

I'm going to try a different Firewire cable, in case that's the issue (I've read that poor quality cables can make a difference), and I'm trying an Erase and Backup so that any corruption that might have occured when the drive went bonkers can't have any "residual" effect.

Now, I'm interested in your response about the folder /Volumes. Does that mean that the way SD does its magic is to copy the drive into the folder in /Volumes and then, at the end of the process, copy it all onto the target location?