# Failed to connect external drive (error on power up)

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/failed-to-connect-external-drive-error-on-power-up/2251>\
**Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [July 29, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/failed-to-connect-external-drive-error-on-power-up/2251 "2021-07-29T20:16:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ventriloquist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a6a055/32.png) [@Ventriloquist](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Ventriloquist)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/failed-to-connect-external-drive-error-on-power-up/2251/8 "2021-07-29T23:16:47Z")

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_FIXED_

The drive had got corrupted during the setup process so I reconnected it to my Mac and initialised it as APFS. After reconnecting and powering up the umbrel node I was able to get the drive mounted.

Currently about 40K blocks synced 😌

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