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

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• I have an external hard drive that I formatted using vista. I can't read this same hard drive with xp

  I recently formatted a WD external hard drive via my computer vista laptop. I downloaded several MB of files on the hard drive. My Vista laptop crashed and I need a new hard drive. I'm trying to access these files through my XP laptop. I see the DRIVE - "D". However, when I try to access the drive, what happens with "the disk in drive d is not formatted" do you want to format it now?

  That fixed my problem. I can now access this drive.

  Thanks a lot for your help.

  PS - If you feel that fully answered your question, you should probably close the issue by checking the answer that you used to solve the problem...

  Simply click on the button to mark as answer to the reply that you felt answered the question you originally posed and inspired throughout the conversation:

  

• After the upgrade to El Capitan I can't write on the external hard drive to NTFS format more

  I have an external hard drive formatted in NTFS, I used some Mavericks and could read and write on it without problem, after I installed El Capitan today I can't do more, not this external hard drive is read-only. The problem is that it is full of my data and I can't just format as journaled. What I can do and why it worked fine before?

  You need to upgrade or replace the software you used to write on NTFS volumes and should put a copy of your data to a second drive in case one you have fails for any reason unrelated.

  (140448)

• Using a Mac to partition a USB external hard drive to use to start Windows 7 on a PC

  Hello

  My PC hard drive died recently, and I need to reinstall Windows 7. Fortunately, I have a Windows 7 .iso file on my Macbook Pro. I also have an external hard drive USB empty. I try to use the Mac (in particular the disk utility program) partition this hard drive and load the .iso file in it, with the intention to start the system and install Windows 7 on my PC. (NB. I have a new internal hard drive which I intend to install Windows on to, but it's something that I should be able to handle later and should not be relevant at the moment.)

  As my DVD player also decided to break (I had not used for a long time), I can't burn the .iso to disk image file and start that way.

  So my question is, what is actually in all possible ways to use my WD 500 GB external hard drive to boot Windows 7 from USB? If so, is it possible to configure the hard disk with the .iso image file using a mac? I think I need somehow do "bootable" my hard drive to boot from it, but I don't know how to do this using a mac, so that it will be compatible for Windows startup.

  I've had this problem for days now and nothing I try seems to work - I tried what seems like all combinations of formatting, partitioning, extracting, BIOS-set-up-ing and file-system-change I can think of. Any help will be really appreciated. Also, if you need information such as specifications, just let me know and I will try to provide all the details I can.

  In addition, I understand that there a lot of messages on the boot from external hard drives, but I looked carefully and found nothing for my situation (more precisely using a mac).

  Thanks in advance for help; If all goes well there is something obvious that I'm missing that I can fix it easily.

  Hi Michael,

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  From your problem description, I understand you want to make bootable Windows 7 disk using Mac computer.

  About a tool to burn an iso image on Mac, I suggest you contact apple support.

  https://discussions.Apple.com/community/desktop_computers

  However, as a solution, I suggest to go to one of your friend who has the operating system windows download Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool and burn the iso image.

  Detailed suggestions are mentioned in the following article:

  http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/HTML/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

  I hope this helps. If the problem persists or all linked windows queries or issues related to the Windows operating system, please get back to us. We are here to help you.

• Toshiba 1 TB usb 3.5 "external hard drive will not format

  Hi all, my Toshiba 1 TB external HARD drive has just arrived, was in FAT32 so told to format it. Started to format it in Windows Vista when all of a sudden the pc froze so he didn't finish. Now it doesn't let me format at all or to access. I tried to do outside of windows, but not joy. Is there a way I can work around this problem and it back on track? The HARD drive seems fine towers etc but leaves me any access. It shows in my computer.

  If I understand you as soon as the HARD drive is connected it is listed in Windows Explorer.
  What happen when you try to access it? Is there an error message?

• External hard drive for use with original hard drive?

  Help I am trying to add an external hard drive to my current computer.  I got the hard drive connected, but I want windows vista to use it as if it were a part of the main hard drive.  Sorry kinda new to this so forgive me if this is a stupid question or is not possible.  Thank you

  These are separate hard drives.

  There is a maximum physical size defined for each of them.
  They have their own physical features sealed

  Use it for storage.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• I encrypted my external hard drive with bit locker, now how to decrypt after reinstalling windows 7

  Original title: Bit Locker question!

  I encrypted my external hard drive with bit locker, I had just installed windows 7 ultimate, I found in a hurry I have does not support for 7 and decided to reformat and to return to my pro victory, I did and when I plugged my external in my cp asked if I wanted to format my external , that's when I realized in my haste I forgot to decipher my outside, so my Q should I do to decipher my external or I'm out of luck?

  Hello

  See the bottom of the articles that might help you.

  Learn more about BitLocker Drive encryption
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/learn-more-about-BitLocker-Drive-encryption
  Guide step by step for Windows 7 BitLocker Drive encryption
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd835565 (WS.10) .aspx

• USB (external hard drive) device no power down / off when safely removed in Windows 7

  Well, I asked this question and no one seems to respond, I also found that many people want to solve this problem so here, it's once again

  Whne you have a hard drive that is not a switch on/off button that you who wait when you remove safely from the windows, he stops, so you shouldn't have to disconnect form the usb slot to do.
  And it happens in WIndows XP, but it is NOT in Windows 7 (or that I read, in Vista as well).

  I want to know, because it bothers me really, what is the solution?

  What I want is, after I click on "remove" my external hard drive, that what he would have turned off (standby) as it does in Windows XP!

  Help please.

  Hi gala,.

  Thank you for visiting the community Microsoft Windows 7.  The feature remove the device safely does not power supplied to a USB device in Windows. By design, the port to which the device is attached is not interrupted in Windows when the unit is softer.

  Please let us know if this helped.

  Dena
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• Formatting an external hard drive after use on NSLU2

  I have a Western Digital 1 TB my book I am recovering for use on another windows system.

  When I plug it into a Windows 7 system, it is unable to find the driver HID - but I think this might get fixed by downloading the right driver.  Seems to work without the driver HID anyway, so I continue.

  The drive is not visible in Windows Explorer, so I open Manage and go to storage-> disk management.  A window pops up which informed me that "you must initialize a disk before logical disk manager can access it."  I select the disc and use the MBR partition style, and then click OK.  A new pop-up appears with the title "Virtual Disk Manager" and the message 'the system cannot find the file specified.'.

  Right, I'll fix that.  Time to get out the heavy artillery.  I run DISKPART, the command line process.  "LIST DISK" shows me what number of disk I need.  'SELECT DISK 1' makes it active.  'CLEAN' it erases.  'CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY' will activate I... Oh. "DiskPart has encountered an error: the system cannot find the file specified. '. Check the log of the events system for more information. ».  Not good.

  Any ideas?  The drive was used as backup - disc 2 of a set of two motor external - drive and were reported although the last backup.  I did a lot of research for this and found nothing so far, no idea why the NSLU2 product disk unformattable?

  I managed to find a solution to myself.  It was an oversight on my part.

  Once I have had reconnected the drive for the system, I started Manage-> Storage-> management of the disks, and then deleted the current partition on the WD My Book.  Then I could add a partition and reformat to NTFS.

• I need to reformat my external hard drive to use with Bootcamp?

  I intend partitioning very little hard drive space because I have 255 Gb solid state. I bought a seagate drive, because for the price, it has the best transfer rate. I intend to help if you are using windows. It would be nice to spend my money on a single external use. The drive must be reformatted for mac. I'm sure that means I can't use it for both, but I hope that I do not understand how boot camp and the work of partitioning. I hope that I can just reformat external use for mac and I can also use it in bootcamp with windows.

  If anyone knows how that might unfold, I would be grateful!

  Thank you

  J

  The Boot Camp drivers allow Windows to read the disc, but not write installation of MacDrive in Windows will provide write access.

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• Can Toshiba 500 GB external HARD drive - I use for backup?

  Hello.

  Can I use my Toshiba 500 GB external drive that is currently back up My Documents via the Microsoft files history * also * as a hot spare for the enjoy backup & recovery?
  Currently, the external drive has 346 GB free.

  Thanks Howard
  Warwickshire, United Kingdom

  Why not be honest the backup & recovery from other manufacturers of portable computers are not known to me, but you can store and back up all files on the HARD drive.

• My external hard drive won't format properly

  Hello

  Since I installed Capitan I noticed that my HARD drive was doing strange things, maybe he is not related to this and it's just broken. But I decided to format it, because Time Machine doesn't work either then I thought it was the right decision. I think I erased it all Terminal, and now the drive will not be installed.

  Now, I really don't know what to do, I post all the photos that I can then perhaps you know what my problem is...

  Thanks in advance.

  The drive is faulty, or there is another failure to communicate with him. If the drive has its own power use and verify that it works correctly. Try another USB port and cable. Try a hub powered or bypassing the hub, if applicable. Check that the USB ports and cable (s) are operational. If you have no reason to conclude that a defect, the only remaining possibility is a faulty hard drive.

• External hard drive for use with FCPX Thunderbolt

  I got a new iMac, but the SSD in it's tiny, so I need to invest in an external drive at least some of TB.  Should I go Thunderbolt because I think it's faster?  I'm looking at Fantom and Lacie but I'm not sure what would work best for use with FCPX.

  Any tips or suggestions for these two manufacturers?

  Thanks in advance for the help.

  Well, a disc of Tb2 (which takes care of your iMac) will offer excellent performances. If you need these speeds depends on really how ask your projects are. A USB3 drive will be fast enough for the vast majority of HD projects. Expect to spend more for the readers of Thunderbolt2.

  Here is a good article on configuring systems with external drives.

  Good luck.

  Russ

• How can I download Adobe Reader on an external hard drive to use on a computer connected to the internet, no

  I am trying to download Adobe Reader on my external 1 TB harddrive to use on a desktop that is not connected to the internet for security reasons. How I choose which drive to save the download to?

  I have the link handy Windows, ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/10.1.0/en_US/AdbeRdr1010_en_US.msi

  For Mac (I have not tested), but this link should work: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/mac/10.x/10.1.0/en_US/AdbeRdr1010_en_US.dmg

• I've just backed up with an external hard drive for the first time, but my profile with my folders for photos, documents, and movies are not there

  Hello

  So, I finally got an external hard drive. I formatted for Mac (the device has been verified as being correct), and then he started to do a backup, which stated that a full backup would take 95GB. However, it only supported 19GB.  When I have my 'open' backup drive, I saw that only 'Macintosh HD' received support upward, not my user profile with all my folders containing documents, photos, movies, etc...

  I'm quite confused, because I thought that it would save.  I plan on Snow Leopard update to El Capitan, but if something is wrong or I don't like, I'm afraid that I won't be able to restore all my personal files - but only the applications that are on my Macintosh HD.

  Should I delete everything in my backup disk and try again?

  This is an image of what's inside my external hard drive:

  

  You have not indicated how you have saved, if you've used Time Machine then you do things the hard way and you'll find very difficult TM. Please use the Time Machine interface to locate your saved data. You can benefit from the research on:

  Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple, Support the section you want to find is the restoration section.