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- 09-22-2004, 10:18 PM #1Mac Lover
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just bought an ex hd... now what?
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- 09-22-2004, 10:44 PM #2Mac Lover
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the hd wont mount... pl s help
- 09-22-2004, 11:16 PM #3Mac Lover
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try to go to disk utility and format it to mac os extended if your only going to use it with mac computers or fat32 if your using it to mac and pc computers.
- 09-22-2004, 11:19 PM #4Mac Lover
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the mac cant detect it. it wont mount. do i have to set the external HD to master?
if i have to...how? the enclosure bought dont have the cable necessary to do the master slave thing.
the HD is seagate and the enclosure is a cheap looking Mobile Disk
- 09-22-2004, 11:25 PM #5Mac Lover
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does your external casing is using a oxford chipset?
- 09-22-2004, 11:55 PM #6Apple Genius
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I dont want to presume so please clarify your external hard disk in terms of
1. Size:
a. the standard 3.5 inch seagate (used for desktops)
or
b. the 2" size used for laptops?
2. Is it cable powered or you need an external power source? If you are using USB you most likely need one.
If FW it might not need one. It will also depend on your enclosure too.
3. If that is a seagate, what is the capacity? check the jumper settings
- 09-23-2004, 12:20 AM #7Super Moderator
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It could be your jumper settings. If you don't know, simply yank all the jumpers out.
Are you sure your enclosure is mac compatible? Because not all are.
- 09-23-2004, 07:43 AM #8Mac Lover
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how can i check?Originally posted by mykmarinas
does your external casing is using a oxford chipset?
- 09-23-2004, 07:45 AM #9Mac Lover
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1.its a 200 giger...3.5Originally posted by Macmon
I dont want to presume so please clarify your external hard disk in terms of
1. Size:
a. the standard 3.5 inch seagate (used for desktops)
or
b. the 2" size used for laptops?
2. Is it cable powered or you need an external power source? If you are using USB you most likely need one.
If FW it might not need one. It will also depend on your enclosure too.
3. If that is a seagate, what is the capacity? check the jumper settings
2.external power source
3.no idea how to check the jumper settings
- 09-23-2004, 08:10 AM #10Mac Freak
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I do have a MObile Disk. It's actually a generic one (no Oxford Chipset) but it could work with a Mac. Most issues related to your problem is the size. Sometimes, 160GB is the maximum size. Sometimes, even if you have a 200GB drive, it would only mount as a 120GB or 160GB.
Have you tried running disk utility already to mount your HD? Doesn't mount yet?
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