Queso Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 i have an external hard drive. i just reformatted my mac. (it was lagging, i've had it for about a year) before i reformatted it, i could plug in this firewire external hard drive and it would show up as an outside storage device. just like my digital camera.i was able to transfer files in and out of it with ease. now that i reformatted it, whenever i plug the hard drive in, it doesn't recognise it at all. the computer doesn't even take action. ignores it! the digital camera works fine though. one thing i did do though: i did look for drivers, and found that it was made for windows, and there were no mac drivers. why would it work then and not now? how can i get it to recognise it? thanks! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 What brand, Orb? I have a Maxtor DV5000 and sometimes I need to disconnect it completely. Then plug in the power, wait for 15 seconds or so until it spins up, then connect the FireWire cable to the hard drive, THEN connect it to my Mac. AFAIK there should be no need for drivers for it. BTW, did you just reformat your Mac or did you also reformat your harddrive? Maybe it is not partitioned correctly? Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 hey, it's a western digital.and i've tried every combination of turning it off, switching the wires around.....nothing works. i reformatted the drive too, erased everything.it's running smooth and perfect....but i'm frustrated because ALL of my music is on this stupid drive, and i'm living in a silent room. IM GOING MAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C1ay Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 hey, it's a western digital.and i've tried every combination of turning it off, switching the wires around.....nothing works. i reformatted the drive too, erased everything.it's running smooth and perfect....but i'm frustrated because ALL of my music is on this stupid drive, and i'm living in a silent room. IM GOING MADYou're not making sense. How is all of your music on the drive if you reformatted it and erased everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 nononononono.reformatted my mac drive. the western digital is external and my newly reformatted mac can not see it when i plug it in. IT USED TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT, before i reformatted all of my crap is on this external drive i am screwed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C1ay Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 It sounds like a patch or something is missing from your reinstalled system. Have you tried asking at the Mac Forums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 i have not, i suppose that would be a good idea.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 all of my crap is on this external drive Ah, no worries then. :hihi: (Okay, I know what it's like...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 yes yes, sorry to confuse you all. i am just so frustrated i have nothing because my computer does not recognise this drive anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 But - have you tried connecting it to another computer? If that works then at least you could get the data out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 im sure it will work for any windows computer, but that's beside the point.point is, i want the crap on my mac.it worked before, i'm trying to figure out how to get it to work again.i'll try the mac forums. (gah, i hate to resort to that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 I can tell that you are very, very ill my friend, ill with what i call "wellwindowsworksthisway whyshouldntthisos" (yes i created the name, not sure that it complies with latin sickness naming...)You should never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever have to reinstall a unix-based OS because of the slow performance, unless 2 things happen: something horrble happens (you delete your /etc directory) or you loose your root password (in case of OSX administrator i beleive). Slow performance is many times due to junk files colecting in /tmp /var/tmp or large log files in /var/log. lack of space should be the motivation to cleanup the drive, but never to reinstall the OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 i know that.i may seem computer illiterate from these basically stupid problems, but i tried to install a pirated version of Tiger that day, and my computer went to hell after that.i don't get some sick pleasure out of reformatted my computer. i hate doing it, and only do it when it needs to be done.trust me, i had to do it.it wasn't just slow performace, i have dual 2.0ghz processors. slow performance is not an option! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 i think everybody here is extremely confused. i confused all of you and i must end this threads confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 i may seem computer illiteratei never intended to say that, sorry if i did...but no you do not seem computer illiterate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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