Ok, I need to know how to make it compatible with apple and windows . I can put stuff from my PC onto the external hard drive, and I can place stuff onto my friends apple. But I can't copy stuff from his computer to my hard drive. It says cannot modify this unit or something. Another friend said I had to change the hard drive to MS DOS or to FAT32...the only problem is...I cant, or, dont know how. I tried doing disk managment, security, all that, but only NTFS is there. How do I fix this? What do I need to do to be able to switch files from mac to pc?
2006-12-25 18:14:33 · 3 answers · asked by Mashu 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Read this
http://www.macfixitforums.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Forum39&Number=791392&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=31&fpart=1
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2006-12-25 18:18:42 · answer #1 · answered by jan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
FAT32 is correct answer.... you need to format the external drive with FAT32... and not NTFS... though MACs can read NTFS... can not write.
Try a third party tool to format. Google for it.. and you will get many.... first save your external drive data ... and format.
2006-12-25 18:19:51 · answer #2 · answered by Ronney 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.
Some RAM/hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful. Try this site, if you can get what is required.
2006-12-29 15:59:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋