Computer Formatting Help!

**davevandyk** · 02-10-2006 09:45 PM

I just purchase an external hard drive and am having trouble with it. It was previously used on a Mac and my computer is not recognizing it. I have XP and it says its installed and ready to use, but it isn't showing up under "My Computer"

**covanant** · 02-11-2006 07:31 AM

Did you try updating the driver?

**davevandyk** · 02-11-2006 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by covanant

Did you try updating the driver?

ya, it says that its the latest driver. When i plug it into my USB it recognizes it and says that it is ready to use, but it is nowhere to be found on my computer. Like when i go to "my computer" its not there. When i went to the settings it says it is working properly, but under location it says "location 0" if that helps!

**covanant** · 02-11-2006 07:57 AM

Go yo my computer and try the new hardware install wizard.
Windows xp i presume?

**davevandyk** · 02-11-2006 08:24 AM

i don't see this option under My Computer, and yes it is XP. Its very strange, its like it recognizes the hard drive, but doesn't at the same time. When i plugged it in, it says it is ready to use, but i can't find it anywhere in the comp.

**covanant** · 02-11-2006 09:11 AM

Sorry,
Not my comp,but under control panel,add new hardware.

**cruxradio** · 02-11-2006 09:40 AM

If the filesystem is formatted for a mac you have to reformat it for windows.. fat32 or maybe ntfs. Not sure how you would do it if it isn't showing up under my computer. Check the website for that product.

**dbleber** · 02-11-2006 09:51 AM

Try getting your hands on Partition Magic and run it. If the computer is recgonizing it then Magic will see it as well. It is more then likely a comunication thing, XP and MAc are completely different OS's that talk to your computer in very differnt ways. P-Magic should be able to find it and you can reformat it to NTFS.

**davevandyk** · 02-11-2006 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by dbleber

Try getting your hands on Partition Magic and run it. If the computer is recgonizing it then Magic will see it as well. It is more then likely a comunication thing, XP and MAc are completely different OS's that talk to your computer in very differnt ways. P-Magic should be able to find it and you can reformat it to NTFS.

I'll try to get Partition Magic to see if that works, thanks. I will let you knw how it works out.

**davevandyk** · 02-11-2006 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by dbleber

Try getting your hands on Partition Magic and run it. If the computer is recgonizing it then Magic will see it as well. It is more then likely a comunication thing, XP and MAc are completely different OS's that talk to your computer in very differnt ways. P-Magic should be able to find it and you can reformat it to NTFS.

thank you so much, i got it to work!!!

**dbleber** · 02-11-2006 03:33 PM

Thought that would solve it! I'll take that 904F off your hands as payment for my IT support!!!

**davevandyk** · 02-11-2006 04:03 PM

haha, sounds like a plan!

**beefstuf** · 02-13-2006 11:41 AM

If you haven;t quite figured it out, you can right click on my computer and go to manage. In "Disk Management" it will show up, but you will need to right click on it and format the hard drive to it to the proper file system. Use NTFS, it is more secure than FAT 32, but that is all your choice. Hope this helps as well.

**davevandyk** · 02-13-2006 12:12 PM

thanks, i got it figured out already

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