trying to use a maxtor one touch III with my mac book pro

$aRaH · Apr 1, 2008, 05:20 PM

Soooo...i bought a Maxtor One Touch III on newegg.com and it says that it is for windows..i was wondering if there was a way i can format it for my macbook pro and if so how do i go about doing it?

Thank You
Sarah

Firefly2002 · Apr 1, 2008, 05:34 PM

That's a hard drive, right? Not a flash drive? You should be able to format it no problem... in fact it should have given you a choice when you plugged it in. I'm assuming you have tried and that's what it said, not that you looked on the box. If you haven't tried it, do so.

If it's formatted for Windows and you can't get it to format, you can always install software to let your write to NTFS drives (by default, you can only read them).

jb60606 · Apr 1, 2008, 06:00 PM

You should be able to format it without a problem, but I believe the OneTouch feature doesn't work on Leopard.

pastrychef · Apr 1, 2008, 07:27 PM

Just use Disk Utility to reformat it to HSF+.

krye · Apr 1, 2008, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pastrychef

Just use Disk Utility to reformat it to HSF+.

...and let Time Machine do the rest! That's if that's what you're using it for.

$aRaH · Apr 2, 2008, 05:29 PM

ok...i tried reformatting it through disk utility...however I cant find anything that says HSF+...could you possibly give me direction with what to do once i've located it with disk utility...

smartalic34 · Apr 2, 2008, 05:44 PM

to make the disk HFS+, do the following:

1) open Disk Utility
2) select your drive in the left column
3) click on the Erase tab in the middle of the window
4) for volume format, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
5) select Erase

voila!

Apr 1, 2008, 05:20 PM	#1
$aRaH macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2008	trying to use a maxtor one touch III with my mac book pro Soooo...i bought a Maxtor One Touch III on newegg.com and it says that it is for windows..i was wondering if there was a way i can format it for my macbook pro and if so how do i go about doing it? Thank You Sarah

Apr 1, 2008, 07:27 PM	#4
pastrychef macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New York City, NY	Just use Disk Utility to reformat it to HSF+. __________________ Mac Pro 2.8x8 - 16GB - EVGA GTX285 - Apple Remote - Dell 3007WFP-HC MacBook 2GHz - C2D - 4GB - GMA X3100 Mac mini 2.33GHz C2D - 4GB - GMA950 - 2 Drobos - Linksys NSS4000 iPhone 3G + iPhone 3G S⃣

Apr 2, 2008, 05:44 PM	#7
smartalic34 macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA	to make the disk HFS+, do the following: 1) open Disk Utility 2) select your drive in the left column 3) click on the Erase tab in the middle of the window 4) for volume format, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) 5) select Erase voila! __________________ 15" MacBook Pro, 2 GHz Intel Core Duo, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD, Mac OS 10.6.2, 320 GB External HDD 4 GB iPod Mini Green 2G, Denon AH-C551K

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Apr 1, 2008, 05:34 PM	#2
Firefly2002 Banned Join Date: Jan 2008	That's a hard drive, right? Not a flash drive? You should be able to format it no problem... in fact it should have given you a choice when you plugged it in. I'm assuming you have tried and that's what it said, not that you looked on the box. If you haven't tried it, do so. If it's formatted for Windows and you can't get it to format, you can always install software to let your write to NTFS drives (by default, you can only read them).

Apr 1, 2008, 06:00 PM	#3
jb60606 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago	You should be able to format it without a problem, but I believe the OneTouch feature doesn't work on Leopard.

Apr 2, 2008, 05:29 PM	#6
$aRaH Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2008	ok...i tried reformatting it through disk utility...however I cant find anything that says HSF+...could you possibly give me direction with what to do once i've located it with disk utility...