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Lbroskee
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 February 28th 2008, 02:05 |
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all the sudden Time Machine and Finder dont want 2 find my 320 GB external HD, but i see it in disc utility and sumhow it's now 2TB, any1 got any ideas on how 2 fix it b/c disk utility keeps saying error
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alxmarcond
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| March 1st 2008, 01:19 |
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well, at least now u have two terabytes of memory :biggrin: hmmm try restoring a bit back... go into recovery mode and see if it is like that there...
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Lbroskee
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| March 1st 2008, 02:17 |
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i cant access it at all
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alxmarcond
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| March 1st 2008, 05:06 |
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doesnt turn on? did u try the recovery mode?
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Lbroskee
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| March 1st 2008, 05:12 |
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well it turns on if disk utility recognizes it, but thats it...im not allowed 2 read/write on it, reformat, partition...nothing. says its unreadable and needs 2 b initialized, which it wont let me
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SbuxBlaze
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| March 1st 2008, 05:21 |
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| broskee wrote: | | well it turns on if disk utility recognizes it, but thats it...im not allowed 2 read/write on it, reformat, partition...nothing. says its unreadable and needs 2 b initialized, which it wont let me |
USB plugin right?
Can't you try sometin like plugging it into a different port?
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Lbroskee
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| March 1st 2008, 05:29 |
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ya usb, and ive tried both, would i just b better goin bak 2 cirvuit city even tho the 30 days jus passed a week ago?
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SbuxBlaze
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| March 1st 2008, 05:37 |
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| broskee wrote: | | ya usb, and ive tried both, would i just b better goin bak 2 cirvuit city even tho the 30 days jus passed a week ago? |
can you connect the drive to another computer and try like formatting it? windows comp maybe?
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alxmarcond
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| March 1st 2008, 05:46 |
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i think data cable, like alex said, is best bet atm then take it to the store
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Lbroskee
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| March 1st 2008, 14:45 |
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ya its the same USB that a RAZR or PSP uses. also since im no that good w/ Windows XP...what program would i use 2 reformat?
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alxmarcond
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| March 1st 2008, 16:14 |
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download G-Parted
burn that to a CD then boot onto that and use that to reformat
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Lbroskee
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| March 1st 2008, 16:23 |
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problem is, its my moms computer so she doesnt let me D/l things 2 it since i gave it a virus once
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alxmarcond
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| March 1st 2008, 16:35 |
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ahhhhhh... i see... ouch... ok.. do this, get g-parted and do it quick, its small then boot into it from ur laptop.
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Lbroskee
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| March 1st 2008, 16:46 |
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i can do it on mac?
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alxmarcond
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| March 1st 2008, 16:52 |
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yeah, its a linux distro with only the Gnome Partition Manager on it so boot into that, i think u keep hitting f8 while the laptop is booting to boot from CD. Then go in grab what u need if u can. right click and hit file browser to browse files. the reformat. u have to unmount the drive first though so right click it and hit unmount and then go and reformat it
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Lbroskee
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| March 1st 2008, 17:11 |
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umount external not the internal rt?
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alxmarcond
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| March 1st 2008, 17:30 |
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both if u want to reformat them
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Lbroskee
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| March 2nd 2008, 20:51 |
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close topic, i went and exchanged it
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SbuxBlaze
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| March 2nd 2008, 20:53 |
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Topic Closed
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