HELP with windows xp in external hard drive

[Gonzaflex]

I am a new user to mac I tried to download windows xp operating system in my new WD external hard drive, now my mac won't recognize it. I ran Disk Utility

It says in red color letters" The disc need to be repaired. when I click : repair Disk

It says ...Volume repair complete
Updating Boot support for volumes as required.
: Error: disk utility can't repair this disk.
Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk & restore your back up files"

THE PROBLEM is I can not access the disk. it wont mount on my desktop???

Help
Thanks

 

[ayeying]

If you have it formatted as HFS, then your external drive has some sort of error and probably damaged.

 

[Gonzaflex]

How do I find out if it is formatted in HFS? can I check with Disk Utility?

I did noticed that disk utility does show it on the disks windows on the left???

Thanks

 

[ayeying]

If it says this, then it is HFS+ formatted

 

[Gonzaflex]

My external HD reads EXFAT. what do I do ????

Is there a way to format it back to Mac ox extended (Journaled)? without loosing the data?

Thanks

 

[kirky29]

My external HD reads EXFAT. what do I do ????

Is there a way to format it back to Mac ox extended (Journaled)? without loosing the data?

Thanks

The only versions of Windows that can work with ExFAT (Also known as FAT64) are Windows Vista on the latest Service Pack, (SP3 is it?) and Windows 7.

 

[balamw]

The only versions of Windows that can work with ExFAT (Also known as FAT64) are Windows Vista on the latest Service Pack, (SP3 is it?) and Windows 7.

Huh? This update gives XP exFAT support, no? http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=19364

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[Dr McKay]

Huh? This update gives XP exFAT support, no? http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=19364

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I think he meant natively, you have to go out of your way to search for an optional update for the functionallity.

Have you tried installing that update and trying to read the drive again?

 

[balamw]

I think he meant natively, you have to go out of your way to search for an optional update for the functionallity.

IIRC it's one the the updates pushed by Windows Update, so it doesn't seem particularly "out of he way"...

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