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    Windows 7 can't see external hard drive..

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by omelet1978, Jun 22, 2009.

  1. omelet1978

    omelet1978 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    Went and did the bootcamp thing and installed Windows 7 on my mac. I tried to connect my WD external via firewire, but it would not show up in Windows.

    This is after I did a backup of my mac to time machine...is it related and is there a quick fix?

    Thanks
     
    omelet1978, Jun 22, 2009
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    chipmoney Notebook Evangelist

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    make sure you have the drivers installed for the firewire port.
     
    chipmoney, Jun 22, 2009
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  3. S.SubZero

    S.SubZero Notebook Deity

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    What filesystem does your external drive use? If you set it up under OS X with an OS X filesystem (HFS), Windows won't be able to see the filesystem as it has no HFS support built-in.
     
    S.SubZero, Jun 22, 2009
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    Exactly...if it's formatted fot Mac win7 won't find it. The only format they can both read is FAT but that brings some other limitations
     
    LPTP-LVR, Jun 23, 2009
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  5. nobscot6

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    you can also use "MacDrive" to read Mac disks in windows environment.....
     
    nobscot6, Jun 24, 2009
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