Hi All, i used my external hardrive on a mac and now when i use it again on a la

sbheenuck

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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
 

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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.