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I pluged ext HD into macbook n it was fine i then ejected the drive & disconected it - now when i reconect it it dose not show on mac anywere although the lights are on - on
the ext HD further to this i tryed the ext HD on my PC and it worked. I'm baffled...
 
geposted Thu 08 Nov 07 @ 6:36 pm
sbangsPRO InfinityMember since 2004
what format is it ?


 
geposted Thu 08 Nov 07 @ 6:49 pm
Hi, what format is what?
 
geposted Thu 08 Nov 07 @ 6:59 pm
sbangsPRO InfinityMember since 2004
how is the hardrive formatted?

ie fat , ntfs , hfs , extended hfs?
 
geposted Thu 08 Nov 07 @ 7:28 pm
Sorry, I have no idea. Please can you send instrux's as to how to check..
 
geposted Thu 08 Nov 07 @ 8:09 pm
sbangsPRO InfinityMember since 2004
on your Pc right click on my computer Manage

and browse down to Disk Manager ,

and look for your external drive it will show u what it is formated as



are other usb devices working ok with your mac?
 
geposted Thu 08 Nov 07 @ 8:25 pm
Thanks but i don't know how to bring up computer manager
 
geposted Thu 08 Nov 07 @ 8:40 pm
it dose say fat32 however
 
geposted Thu 08 Nov 07 @ 8:41 pm
sbangsPRO InfinityMember since 2004
i suggest you copy the files off then

reformat your drive to fat 32 again and then try

if it still fails go to aplications > ultilties > disk utilities

and verify your permissions and try converting the image to a compatible format it recommends

you will see a convert button at the top
 
geposted Thu 08 Nov 07 @ 8:45 pm
Are ok, thanks for your help! hey while your on any chance of doing me a 17" skin to try out on my macbook as i've not seen one on it yet. i'll pm you my email address..
 
geposted Thu 08 Nov 07 @ 8:51 pm


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