Not able to recognize the Mac external HARD drive in Windows 7?

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  I suggest you to contact the manufacturer of the device. They should be able to help you.

  Check out the link

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  Thanks for posting your question on the Microsoft community.

  Thank you for details on the issue.

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

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  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.
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  (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.
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  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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• I can't access my external hard drive with windows 7. How can I get my music out of her files? My pc with xp operating system can access it without problem. but my new pc with windows 7 does not see the hard drive.

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  pre-formatted under OS X log (Extended).

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  Please check that your is actually

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