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WD External HDD help

michial

michial

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I bought and filled up a 2tb HDD while using my Dell Windows PC. I just bought an iMac and want to hook up the HDD but when I click on the DMG the WD Smartware window pops up indicating there is no writable partition available and will not show any of the audio/video files on the HDD.

I really dont want to have to buy another 2GB HDD, format it for mac and then transfer it all onto it.

Is there a workaround of any sort to retain what is on there and somehow create a partition or something for it to work?
 
I downloaded the file what do I do with it.

Yes when I click on the hdd it reads and shows up but nothing within the hdd. just the smartware and the manuals etc
 
i think WD external drives have two partitions, one for their software/recovery partition and the other for your data. check the other partition that shows up.
 
richthomas said:
i think WD external drives have two partitions, one for their software/recovery partition and the other for your data. check the other partition that shows up.
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Im new to mac so forgive me. On the desktop it shows the HDD and then the wd smartware
 
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