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• 250 GB USB external hard drive is compatible with Mac OS x on an iBook G4?

  Hello

  I just bought a Toshiba 250 GB Usb external hard drive because the seller advised me telling me that it works in my iBook G4 Mac OSX computer.

  I made it and I see it on my desktop with a folder called System Volume Information and 2.32 GB available.

  I tried to copy a file and I got a message saying that the disk is not editable.

  Where can I find the instructions to initialize if it's compatible?

  Thanks in advance,

  Joan

  Post edited by: jinglada

  Post edited by: jinglada

  Hello

  I'm not sure on this subject, but maybe you have to format it.
  Are there issues listed in the Device Manager?

  Good bye

• Transfer data to external hard drive from XP to Vista

  How would I be able to transfer data from a XP hard drive (which is in an external case) on my new laptop with Windows Vista? Please let me know. Thank you very much.

  original title: I have a XP hard drive in an external case, and I would like to transfer the data on Windows Vista.

  There are several options:

  External drive is already connected via USB?  Your new computer sees the old disk when you open Explorer?  Is the drive external HARD in the format identical to the new machine Vista (probably NtfS)?  If this isn't the case, you must first convert the external hard drive to NTFS.  http://technet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb456984.aspx (although written for XP, it works with Vista as well).

  If so, create a new folder on the new disc called 'From Old Computer'. Go to the old drive. Now * COPY * ("hold") the files to the new folder that you created. After getting everything copied on you can turn off the computer and unplugging the old drive to protect its content - where everything is not going according to plan.

  Now you can take your time by placing the files copied, where you want that they finally reside on your new computer.

  If you have problems with 'Access denied', follow these steps on the external drive of the new computer:

  In Explorer, right-click on the drive in question and select Properties

  On the Security tab, click Advanced
  On the owner tab
  Select you realize if it isn't already and
  Check "Replace owner of subcontainers and objects".
  Click OK twice (close all dialog boxes)

  Defines you as the owner of every folder and file on the disk

  In Explorer, right-click on the drive in question and select Properties

  On the Security tab, add your account if it is not already there and set full access
  Click on apply
  Click on advanced
  Check "Replace permission on the child all the objects with...» »
  Click on apply

  If you do not see a Security tab, then turn off Simple file sharing (you may need to do in reconnedcting the count to the old XP machine - I'm not sure that this can be done through the new computer).  To do this, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881.  The same may be true if the nets and records are password protected (although using a different procedure to remove the password to protenctio similar to what lets you add it iin the first place.)

  If you have problems setting up the permissions or ownership on the disk external drive files and folders, some information here that might help:

  To view your permissions, right-click on the file/folder, click Properties, and check the Security tab.  Check the permissions you have by clicking on your user name (or group of users).  Here are the types of permissions, you may have: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-are-permissions.  You must be an administrator or owner to change the permissions (and sometimes, being an administrator or even an owner is not sufficient - there are ways to block access (even if a smart administrator knows these ways and can move them - but usually should not because they did not have access, usually for a very good reason).)  Here's how to change the permissions of folder under Vista: http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-vista/set-file-folder-permissions-vista/.  To add take and the issuance of right of permissions and ownership in the right click menu (which will make it faster to get once it is configured), see the following article: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/05/21/take-and-grant-full-control-permissions-and-ownership-in-windows-7-or-vista-right-click-menu/.

  To resolve this problem with folders, appropriating the files or the drive (as an administrator) and give you all the rights.  Right-click on the folder/drive, click Properties, click the Security tab and click on advanced and then click the owner tab.  Click on edit, and then click the name of the person you want to give to the property (you may need to add if it is not there--or maybe yourself). If you want that it applies to subfolders and files in this folder/drive, then check the box to replace the owner of subcontainers and objects, and click OK.  Back and now there is a new owner for files and folders/player who can change the required permissions.  Here is more information on the ownership of a file or a folder: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67717-take-ownership-file.html.  To add take ownership in the menu of the right click (which will make it faster to get once it is configured), see the following article: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/.

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  If the external hard drive is not USB but IDE instead, here is an article on two methods that work for transfer: http://www.wikihow.com/Transfer-Data-Between-Two-Hard-Drives.

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  I realide what follows is not what you asked, but if it is still possible, it might be a better solution than moving the data to the external hard drive.

  If the external hard drive has only the data and you want to transfer settings and data (and perhaps even of programs if they are compatible with Vista) from the old XP machine (if it is always present and contains information on the new computer (which is better because it also transfers your program and other parameters (and maybe your programs) as well as the data (or you can ignore the data if it is the same which is))) already on the external drive))), then use the transfer tool.  Here's how: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Migrating-Vista-using-Windows-Easy-Transfer.html#.  This is how I do the trasfer if I had to do it because it makes the implementation of the new computer much easier and faster.

  Here is another article on how to transfer data and settings from an XP machine to a new Vista computer using an external hard drive (although it discusses other methods as well): http://www.digitaltrends.com/how-to/how-to-transfer-your-data-from-xp-to-vista/

  Jere het another article on the use of Transsfer easy to pass data or parameters (and perhaps programs) from a XP computer to a Vista computer: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial138.html

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  I hope this helps.  If you have questions or problems on the way, do not forget to post back and get help.  It is best to do things right the first time.  And even once, I highly recommend using Easy Transfer (although this is not how you setup at the moment) for the transfer to get the new computer up and running much faster and easier.  The decision is yours.

  Good luck!

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• Impossible to format Toshiba 250 GB external HARD drive

  Hi I have a problem formatting external 250 GB drive HARD Toshiba with XP on NTFS. When I format it with disk management after 99% always comes the message format is not ended. When I use the command prompt to format goes to "Creating file system structures." and then "Format failed.

  Anyone know if there is a possible way to format this HARD drive.
  Thank you.

  Hello

  Please take a look in this thread:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=20565

  He s on a similar theme: how to format a HDD external 400GO

• Windows 7 asks Me to format the Seagate FreeAgent external hard drive I've used for more than a month

  I used Seagate FreeAgent as my external hard drive for more than a month now, but recently I am unable to access Windows 7 asks me to format it to use it. Somehow I can format the HDD without losing my data?  Or does perform a work around?

  Hi NuVille,

  Before perform us any of the steps, first of all I suggest you to create a backup of the data stored in your external hard drive on another computer.

  To save the data, you can connect your external hard drive on another computer and copy all the files and folders on the other computer. Later, you can connect the external drive to the Windows 7 computer and try to run the disk error checking and check if that helps you solve the problem.

  Access the link below and follow the steps to check the drive for errors and fix it.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/check-a-drive-for-errors

  After completing the disc you error checking, try to check if you can access the drive.

  If the steps above do not I suggest you try to format the hard drive. Access the link below and follow the steps to format the hard drive.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/create-and-format-a-hard-disk-partition

  Note: there is no way to format without losing any data on the disk. Formatting the drive will erase all data.  This is why you must back up the data before formatting the hard drive.

  I hope this helps. Let us know the results.

  Thank you and best regards,

  Srinivas R Microsoft technical support.
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• How to format external hard drive Toshiba PX1266E - 1 25 (250 GB)?

  Hi all

  I'm hard to re-formatting my Toshiba drive HARD from FAT32 to NTFS. I read instruction manual, troubleshooting and FAQ too: I've disabled my antivirus and connected my HARD drive without expansion card. The result is the same: the message "Unable to complete the format".
  You know that when you connect the HARD drive, a virtual CD called "password" begins. Is it possible that it is causing the problem? Can I remove it?
  With partition magic, the drive is signed as BAD. He asks me if I want to format the HARD disk to restart the computer, but when he starts an error occurs. I also tried with dban, but it does not work.

  So, what can I do?
  A big thanks to all the world. (Sorry for my English, I hope that my problem is clear).

  Hi Ivan_2,

  activation/deactivation has no influence until the password is not removed.
  When a password encrypted partition/disk needs to be formatted, you will need to remove the password.
  I think there is a tool to reformat the drive, but you will lose all files...

  AutoPlay is a feature of your operating system > activate in the device properties...

  hardware stores the password and governs what is written on the drive - no disc operation is allowed also formatting is not possible.

  to recover your files:
  mount the drive and turn on the password and delete before writing to disk
  After that, you should be able to access all of your files.

  the virtual drive you can see might be the operating system that manages the 'password-thing ".

  reset the password should do the job too, but you lose all the files on this disc.
  refer to the manual and make sure that the options are possible.

• Toshiba PX1266E - 1 25 external hard drive (250 GB)

  I had a glance at the map, I don't see anyone with a similar problem, so I am posting this in the hope that someone can help me.

  I currently have a HDD external Toshiba PX1266E - 1 25 (250 GB) that is causing me problems.

  I have two laptops that I use: a single running XP (SP3) and a staff of Vista (SP1). The password on the Toshiba Disk Manager software seems to be compatible with XP but not Vista, so whenever I used the disc with my Vista laptop, I've been disable Manager password using the application ONSPCRT.exe on the phantom CD-ROM created by the HARD drive, then reactivation using the ONSPCSET.exe application is also on the ghost of CD-ROM.

  It worked well until last night. I had been back a few more data at the disk of the Vista laptop and then re-enabled the software Password Manager. However, 20 minutes later, I decided that I wanted to copy something from the HARD drive to the laptop Vista, so I plugged it in, turned off password using ONSPCRT Manager and then... nothing. Usually, when you do this, the AutoPlay box appears for the HARD disk and asks me how I want to set the type of files on the HARD drive. Now, it does absolutely nothing.

  I tried in the XP laptop and once again, nothing. I tried to re - enable and disable Manager password several times. I always used the right password and do not understand why my HARD drive does not start to run automatically when I enter the password, or plug it into a computer with an invalid password manager.

  The ghost CD (usually labeled as "Password" and allocated drive E :) appears again and I can access all the files on it, but the drive HARD himself (who was usually allocated drive F :) simply does not appear in my computer at all now.)

  Please, please, please help - my ongoing doctoral research is stored on this drive and I'm frantic, just think that I could have lost. Is there some sort of Autorun feature that I could have accidentally triggered?

  Post edited by: Sweetchuck

  Hmm.

  Try this:
  -Disconnect the HARD drive to the USB port
  -remove the hubs and USB port on the Device Manager
  -restart the laptop
  -wait until the USB ports will be installed
  -Connect the HARD drive and then try to access the data

  I'm not sure if this will help, but in my case that worked perfectly if the external HARD drive was not recognized in my computer

  Good luck

• Formatting external hard drive

  When I plug in my external hard drive, it asks me to format the drive.  But when he tries to format it, it says that windows could not complete the format.  He said so make sure that the disc is not dead? I tried to format it through cmd, but this also does not work.  It's to do with the fact that the partition is RAW?

  You have all the data in the drive?

  If so, back up the data on another computer and then put it on another computer.

  See: http://forums.techarena.in/xp-hardware/773466.htm

• Windows could not complete the format (external hard drive)

  I use windows 7 64 bit and my external hard drive crashed and has converted his car to RAW format rather than NTFS

  I tried to solve the problem by changing the name of 'L' discs to other letters and retry the format without success

  I also tried to use the disk management format and changed to an optimal device

  And also I tried using diskpart.exe

  This has not just to reformat the drive, so I can use it I do not have the information about this because it's still all on my computer any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

  Hello
   
  
  could a. you give us the exact error message and the error code, if any?
  b. what commands did you tried the diskpart utility?
  c. I recommend to do the full format rather than the quick and check.
  d. also try to format the drive on another computer and check.
  
  I recommend you to use the clean command to remove and format all partitions on the external hard drive and check. See the article below for more information.
  A Description of the Diskpart command-line utility
  (This article is valid for Windows 7 too.)
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/300415
  Note: Run the clean command, you delete the content and the partitions on the external hard drive.
   
  For more information, refer to the article below.
  Formatting disks and drives: frequently asked questions
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/formatting-disks-and-drives-frequently-asked-questions
   
   
  I hope this helps.

  Thank you, and in what concerns:
  Shekhar S - Microsoft technical support.

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• External hard drive no use / formatting / causing a lot of problems on Windows 8

  Hello, please someone help me! ??

  I just got a new Samsung M3 2 TB external hard drive and I tried running it on my laptop (Windows 8).

  I tried to partition it into two parts, but now everything goes terribly wrong.

  When I connect it via USB, the computer makes a sound of ping and it seems that 2 drives in my computer. He asks automatically format it... and when I start the formatting process (which takes hours)... in the end it gives me an error report saying "format could not be completed successfully."

  Whenever the HARD drive is connected I can not run the disk management tool, because it does not load. I even downloaded the partitioning of the internet tools, but when the HARD drive is connected those just freeze. When the HARD disk is not connected, disk management and all the partitioning tools work correctly.

  It's as if the HARD drive takes over from the computer in a way since I can't even make a stop down with it connected. There is no way that I can remove it without risk either. Also sometimes it freezes my computer and the screen is blank. So I have to force my PC off.

  It's really driving me crazy. Please can someone advise me on how to solve this problem.

  I don't have access to the other PC to see if it works well on them. I really need to get to this sorting.

  Hello Dezrtroze,

  Thanks for your reply, appreciate the time taken by us keep up to date on the State of the question.

  1. You are able to open the command prompt when the external HARD disk is connected?

  Keep the external hard drive connected and put the computer to boot, check if it makes a difference.

  Also, check if you are able to open command prompt when the device is connected, if so, to run the check suggested such disk in method 3 above.

  On addition to that, you can also run /Scan research on CFS to check any file system corruption and repair it if found any.

  The command sfc/scannow (System File Checker) analyses all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with appropriate Microsoft versions.

  Use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files.
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833/en-us

  Please reply with the results, we will be happy to help you.
  

• Question: How can I format an external hard drive

  I am trying to use an external hard drive with Time Machine.  He tells me that my external must be formatted in a format "journaled". I can't find any way to do it and the Mac is do not do it either. Can someone tell me how to proceed so that Time Machine works to put in shape?

  If Time Machine is not reformat the disk itself, choose Utilities in the Finder Go menu, open disk utility, select the drive in the sidebar and delete it.

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• Force erase/Format an external hard drive

  I spent $ 140 on an external hard drive Seagate Backup Plus. As you can imagine, the instructions are crap. None of the software that are supposed to be installed on my external hard drive is there, and I am not given the choice of formatting a Mac.

  So I thought I could just open disk utility, erase the hard drive, then format for Mac.

  But when I click on the delete button, I get the message "failed the erase process.

  Is there a way I can replace the error messages and force to erase an external hard drive?

  Thank you.

  Have you tried the tab partition in disk utility? This will erase the disc and give you the ability to format in Mac OS extended (journaled).

• Is it necessary to use separate external hard drive or external hard drive new or freshly formatted for backup time machine.

  Is it necessary to use separate external hard drive or external hard drive new or freshly formatted for backup time machine.

  Both fresh and freshly, can use as a Time Machine backup HARD drive, although I personally prefer to use newly formatted disk.

• How to format an external hard drive in el capitan

  How to format an external hard drive in el capitan?

  I have a new iMac and bought a WD 2 TB hard drive. The manual says that I have to reformat the hard disk to use it with OS X.

  I opened the disk utility program, but there is no button to format the hard drive.

  How can I manage to reformat the hard drive?

  Select the external drive, and then click clear. Format Mac OS Extended journaled. If you want the drive to be bootable partition with the Guid partition scheme.

• Format external hard drive for "Photos"?

  Go to my library of Photos together a new external hard drive which will be connected to my iMac. Suggestions on the layout of form or something else I might want to think? I would like to change is moving with it, too.

  10.11.3 running; connects to the "OWC Mercury on the Go Pro"

  Plan to just drag my photo library on (it is huge - over 400 GB). Maybe create a new library of pictures, too, but store them all on the EXT HD.

  It must be partitioned and formatted for use on your Mac:

  1. Open utility disk from the Applications\utilitaires folder.
  2. After loading disk utility, select the external hard drive (entrance Out-bumpy with of the mfgr.) ID and size) in the list to one side. Click the utility tab Partition or delete in the toolbar of disc. Adjustable circular diagram to set the number of partitions if you want more than one.
  3. In the Group dropdown set the GUID partition scheme. Define the type of Format Mac OS extended (journaled).
  4. Click on the apply button and wait for button done to activate it.