Unable to mount external drives
I'm unable to mount any external USB drive on my macbook pro with Catalina - they don't even show up in Finder. The same USB drives work fine on other laptops.
Under Disk Utility, I do see the External Drive but when I try to mount it from there, get an error message;
"
Could not mount "disk2".
(com.applie.DiskManagement.disenter error - 119930876.)
"
I tried formatting the disk with EXFAT as well as with "Mac OS Extended (Jorunaled)" but no luck.
In addition to that, I'm not able to mount any dmg file either. The error says "no mountable filesystems".
Funny thing is that it works fine in Safe Mode.
I have removed all the login items but that didn't help either.
It seems like something loads in Normal mode that prevents mounting but I don't know how to find that out. I will appreciate any help in this regard. Thanks.