Problems using HDD with Airport Express

[jim1231]

Hi I recently purchased a airport extreme to take the place of my express.
I have i 500GB WD My Passport that i use for backing up, movies and TV series. I decided to connect the HDD to my Airport to eliminate the need of manually connecting it to my Imac(intel) and MacBook Air worked fine until i decided i need to use it with my MacBook air via USB. It wont show up in devices only Disk Utility Airtport has seemed to change format from Mac OSX(journaled) to Fat and now it work even let me erase the HDD. Any suggestions?
Cheers.

 

[TheBritishBloke]

I don't believe the USB port is compatible with hdds. Only printers.

 

[JediMeister]

If you read the OP he/she IS using an Extreme.

OP: simply disconnecting a drive from an Extreme and directly connecting it will not alter the format. Changing the format of a drive is a conscious decision. The computer would have asked to initialize or format the drive.

 

[jim1231]

Thanks for the replies, however for some reason when i connected my HDD to my iMac this morning it was working perfectly fine. I am confused i don't recall changing the format from Mac OSX(journal)

 

[waw74]

to change the format, you have to erase the drive, and start over, so you would know if you did.

have you tried cycling power on the extreme with the drive plugged in?

 

[GGJstudios]

If you read the OP he/she IS using an Extreme.

The confusion is due to the fact that the OP said "Problems using HDD with Airport Express" in the thread title.