External HD issue with G5

[masterjedi73]

I have a 500GB external G Drive Slim that I use for my MacBook Air 11". I want to get movies and such off of my G5, but when I plug it in and try to copy files it says that the drive is full. Any reason? Way around it?

 

[Intell]

Are you sure the G5 says the external drive is full and not your internal drive?

 

[masterjedi73]

The drive has over 300 gb free, but doesn't show that when connected to the G5. It says capacity is --KB and available is --KB

 

[Intell]

How big is the external hard drive? What format is it? What is the version of Mac OS X on the G5?

 

[masterjedi73]

500GB
Mac OS X (Journaled)
Leopard

 

[Intell]

Try verifying the drive on both the G5 and the Macbook with Disk Utility. If it sees and problems, try repairing it on the Air first, then the G5.

 

[masterjedi73]

It's fine on both. The drive is brand new.

 

[masterjedi73]

I just tried a FAT32 usb flash drive and it doesn't work either.

 

[masterjedi73]

Fixed. The date and clock weren't set correctly. That was the issue. Duh. Thanks for your help!