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    External hard disk not accesible from mac

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Yamaha, Nov 7, 2007.

  1. Yamaha

    Yamaha Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi guys,

    would appreciate some advice on this: my wd 80 gig (with my life on it)
    doesn´t show up on my macbook pro. i previously used stationary pc:s , cant remember weather i configured it to start with , i think it was just plug and play.. can i download something to fix this or whats the craic here? would really appreciate a comment on it, i´ve googled it but am still lost..

    thanks,
     
    Yamaha, Nov 7, 2007
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    NV4TEHWIN Notebook Enthusiast

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    External what? USB? Firewire? I ask because you mention "to start with" - Macs can't boot from USB externals, only Firewire. So if it was on PCs and booting them as the startup disk, and now you're trying to boot it on your intel Macbook, it simply won't. Not to mention the partition and OS differences. But it should still show up, once OSX is up and happy.

    Just be methodical about it. Does the drive show up when you hook it to any other computer? Yes. Then it's your Macbook. If not, then it's the enclosure's controller or the drive itself. Etc. You need to narrow things down before anyone can go "oh, it's just a driver problem. do this and this and that."
     
    NV4TEHWIN, Nov 8, 2007
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