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External HDD not accessible in windows 10 (or Ubuntu)after using on Mac(still accessible on Mac)
I have 1TB Dell External HDD which was working perfectly on windows until recently. I have used the same HD previously on Windows, Mac or Ubuntu and it had no problems - it used to work on all ...
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USB drive is visible in Windows 7's device manager, but NOT in file explorer (my computer) or disk management
It's an old external usb driver in NTFS that was working fine with my windows 7, and later I formatted it into ExFat by my MBP that I hoped it could be consumed by both PC and Mac. Unfortunately the ...
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Hdd not showing in Finder
I have a USB HDD that it was working normally.
I've deleted a lot of files. Then I remove the USB (in a unsafe way) and then it stopped showing in Finder.
When I try to open Disk Utility, it loads ...
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How do I copy an entire HDD to another external HDD without errors? (Mac OSX)
Recently I got a hard drive adapter that would finally let me open my old Macbook Hard Drive. I want to copy every single file on the hard drive (basically the whole thing). But there is a problem, ...
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Using old hard drive as external hard disk
I want to use my old hard disk as an external hard disk without formatting it. I want to access some information from that. It is not showing up in my windows computer as a disk drive or removable ...
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External Hard Disk cannot be formatted after dd command on Mac OS
I was trying to create a bootable disk to install Windows 10 on one of my PCs.
I was doing it on my Mac using a 500GB external hard disk.
This is the command I have used on the Terminal to change the ...
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How to boot from a bootable ubuntu external hard drive on Mac
I have my pc hard drive which I turned into portable using hard drive cases provided in market. I then installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS onto that hard drive. I know how to boot from that hard drive on a ...
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Mac doesn't recognize USB
Details about the Mac:
MacBook Pro 13"
Processor 2.5 GHZ
Memory 8GB 1600 MHZ
Since I upgraded my Mac version to Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite), the Mac doesn’t recognize any USB devices. Neither disc on ...
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OS X - copy files issue - Resource busy
Calling all OS X experts.
I copied two 1Tb drives (ex-Windows) onto a new 2Tb USB 3.0 drive using Finder on the Mac (OS X 10.9). The 2Tb drive is now about 90% full.
I now want to duplicate that ...
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Booting OSX from External Drive
I'm trying to decide whether to replace an existing hard drive on an iMac 10,1 27inch.
I'd much prefer to replace this drive with an external drive as I can get a tremendously bigger drive and the ...
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When you transfer files off a macbook hard drive to another device, is there a log/record of it?
If someone takes out a Macbook Pro hard drive with an enclosure to transfer files to another device …. is there any record/log of it (on the Mac hard drive that was taken out)? I'm talking just the ...
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USB hard drive not mounting or being detected by Disk Utility in Mac OS X
I have an external USB hard drive; I plug it into my Mac, and I can clearly hear it turn on and start doing some work, but it isn’t mounted in Finder, nor is it detected by Disk Utility. It used to be ...
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Is exFAT now the best choice for an external hard drive that will be used for Windows, Mac, and Linux? [duplicate]
I'm running a Windows, Mac, Linux tripleboot off of a single SSD, and am now, unsurprisingly, in need of additional storage space in the form of an external hard drive. I want to format my hard drive ...
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Oracle VirtualBox that has Mac doesnt detect my WD MyPassport HDD 2TB
I am trying to repair WD MyPassport 2TB HDD to be used in Os X, but I don't have Mac computer so I just use a virtualbox and put mac os X there. I already format the HDD using Paragon NTFS-HFS ...
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Protected sharing over a home network (mac)
I have an external drive connected to one of my Mac systems. I was hoping to share that over the home network. We can do so by just going into System Preference->Sharing->Turning on File Sharing. ...
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