#PC READING A HDD FOR MAC MAC OS#

The only thing I can think of is that other people have used the drive and unplugged it without 'safely removing' it I'm not sure that this is something that would cause this sort of problem though.

#PC READING A HDD FOR MAC MAC OS#

NTFS (Windows NT Filesystem): Works natively with Windows, Mac OS write-capability can be added using the steps in the previous Method. This is the best option if you intend to use your external hard drive exclusively with computers running Mac OS. However, there is no icon in my computer for the drive. Completely incompatible with Windows computers. On pc's, I get the pop-up windows in the bottom of the screen saying new hardware has been instelled, the 'safely remove hardware' icon is there, and in device mangager it recognizes it as 'USB mass storage device' (though I think it used to say WD Elements, but I'm not sure). The disk you inserted was not readable by this compter Often switch between a Mac and PC Want to use one USB flash storage device for both The thing is that by default, these platforms use different file systems discs are formatted differently. On my MacBook Pro and other Mac's I get this message after I plug in the drive.

I've tried the drive on my mac and pc as well as numerous others, still get the smae problem. This sucks since I have a lot of work on it being a student (nothing too important, everything really important is backed up). However, the drive used to work perfectly fine. Mac or Windows computer not recognizing your external hard drive or flash drive This is a common problem, especially when connecting hard drives between Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. The problem is that my computer won't read the hard drive, even though it knows the drive is there. You will see the contents of the HFS+ drive in the app. I can't find anything online that helps, I was hoping someone here may be able to. Connect your Mac-formatted drive on your Windows PC and select вЂLoad file system from the deviceвЂ™ from File in the menu bar. I'm having a problem with my external hard drive it is a Western Digital 500gb Elements Desktop ( WD Elements)

Pc reading a hdd for mac