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funxion
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_ 		23. July 2006 @ 07:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
okay so i've got my brand new hard drive, put it in an enclosure and got it working with my Macbook Pro just fine. I plugged it into my PC and it won't show up.

I know that I have to initialize the drive on the PC to be able to use it but I was just wondering if a) initializing means formatting in which case it would erase all the data and b) if I initialize it with the PC will it still work with my Mac?

so basically I just want to be able to use this hard drive with my PC AND my MAC

any help is greatly appreciated
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elokito
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_ 		23. July 2006 @ 16:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what do u mean by initialize anyways b4 u placed the hd on the enclosure did u put the hd as master or slave?
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funxion
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_ 		23. July 2006 @ 17:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
well i dot know if its a master or a slave but...

as far as initializing is concerned, I found out that the reason it wasn't showing up as another drive on 'my computer' is that the drive has to be initialized first.. i dont remember how to do that but I was just going to find out how again
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ddp
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_ 		23. July 2006 @ 17:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
tho for seagate, still the same for other hd manufacturers.
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/howto/install_xp_disk_mgmt.html
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funxion
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_ 		23. July 2006 @ 18:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi thanks for that

but will initializing that drive on the PC make it unable to use on my MAC (it already works on my mac)
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ddp
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_ 		23. July 2006 @ 18:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i've seen 1 working on a pc work on a mac. keep info on the mac until you have partitioned & formated the external on the pc then hookup to mac to get that info.
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funxion
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_ 		23. July 2006 @ 20:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
problem solved, I got Macdrive!

thanks
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ddp
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_ 		23. July 2006 @ 20:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
teach & learn
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