S sbheenuck Distinguished Jan 11, 2010 2 0 18,510 Jan 11, 2010 #1 Hi All, i used my external hardrive on a mac and now when i use it again on a laptop, i cant get access to it. Please help
Hi All, i used my external hardrive on a mac and now when i use it again on a laptop, i cant get access to it. Please help
A Andy Ho Distinguished Jan 7, 2010 3 0 18,510 Jan 11, 2010 #2 Mac formatted HDD can not be seen on a Windows system. You need to format it into a FAT so that you can used on both systems. Upvote 0 Downvote
Mac formatted HDD can not be seen on a Windows system. You need to format it into a FAT so that you can used on both systems.
prelude2250 Distinguished Apr 29, 2009 187 0 18,690 Jan 11, 2010 #3 if i understand u correctly, plug in the external then go to disc management and see if it shows up there. you might have to re-initialize or re-import a foreign disc to get it back. if you format you will lose all data. Upvote 0 Downvote
if i understand u correctly, plug in the external then go to disc management and see if it shows up there. you might have to re-initialize or re-import a foreign disc to get it back. if you format you will lose all data.