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Problem wih external HD.
Hello everybody. I got as a present an external HD that was property
of my girl friend. She has a Mac and the gave me the HD with some photos and mp3 she had. Well, as most of you know, you can't use a Mac HD directly on Windows, so I downloaded Macdrive 7.0 (trial version), copied the files and then attempted to format hte HD. so I can use it on windows. I formated the HD but I got a message at the end of the process saying windows was unable to format the HD. Anyway I tried it and worked. I then uninstalled Macdrive 7.0 ... and was unable even to see the HD in "My Computer" window. I re-installed Macdrive and I was able to use it again. Formated the drive once more bbt received the same message: windows was unable to format the drive. I then reinstalled Macdrive and was able to access it. My question is this: Is there a way to get the HD working without the Macdrive? The HD characteristics: seagate momentus 5400.3 80 gb model st980815a The External HD has the brand Samsung. thank you for your help Alberto |
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Problem wih external HD.
"Jaume" wrote in message
... Hello everybody. I got as a present an external HD that was property of my girl friend. She has a Mac and the gave me the HD with some photos and mp3 she had. Well, as most of you know, you can't use a Mac HD directly on Windows, so I downloaded Macdrive 7.0 (trial version), copied the files and then attempted to format hte HD. so I can use it on windows. I formated the HD but I got a message at the end of the process saying windows was unable to format the HD. Anyway I tried it and worked. I then uninstalled Macdrive 7.0 ... and was unable even to see the HD in "My Computer" window. I re-installed Macdrive and I was able to use it again. Formated the drive once more bbt received the same message: windows was unable to format the drive. I then reinstalled Macdrive and was able to access it. My question is this: Is there a way to get the HD working without the Macdrive? The HD characteristics: seagate momentus 5400.3 80 gb model st980815a The External HD has the brand Samsung. thank you for your help Alberto Did you try Vista Disk Manager? Start Rt click on Computer Manage Storage Disk Manager. Can you see the drive in the Right Window? If so you can Initialize it and give it a letter. -- BobF. |
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Problem wih external HD.
The hard drive likely has a partition on it that windows can't read. Windows can see the drive, but can't read the data. Do this... Uninstall MacDrive, restart the computer (to be safe), go into Disk Management as stated above and look for the drive. Delete the partition(s) on the drive and create a new NTFS partition in it's place. You should be all set after that. Paul -- PMcGarr case: antec p182 psu: corsair 750tx mobo: asus maximus formula cpu: intel q6600 ram: 8gb ocz ddr2 800mhz vga: sapphire radeon hd3870 512mb tv: sapphire theatrix 650pro hdd: 2x wd caviar 250gb sata (raid 0) hdd: 3x wd caviar 500gb sata (raid 5) os: vista ultimate 64bit |
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Problem wih external HD.
by the way, what is the benefit of enabling file and folder
compression during formating wiht NTFS? thanks Alberto On 7 mar, 12:53, Jaume wrote: Lots of thanks Bob and Paul for your help. I am now formating the hard drive with severla partitions. i think it will work. BEst Regards Alberto |
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Problem wih external HD.
"Jaume" wrote in message
... by the way, what is the benefit of enabling file and folder compression during formating wiht NTFS? thanks Alberto On 7 mar, 12:53, Jaume wrote: Lots of thanks Bob and Paul for your help. I am now formating the hard drive with severla partitions. i think it will work. BEst Regards Alberto The feature saves disk space but it's at the cost of performance. Unless you need the space, it's not recommended. -- BobF. |
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