Using a PC hard drive with OS X?

[doucy2]

usb power is not enough for it
find another power source
usb does not have enough power to spin up the hd

 

[hopejr]

Hey! Mac newbie here. I was having the exact same problem with my Nexstar 2. I ended up having to format the harddrive is OS extended journaled for it to be recognized by my mac. Although when I plugged it back into my xp pc laptop, it was not recognized. So it turns out that the Nexstar is supported by mac but not both mac and pc at the same time. Are there any external hard drive encasements out there that supports both operating systems, or is it not a matter of the encasement but a question of a lack of communication between osx and xp?

There are, but not sure what ones. I've used an NTFS formatted drive on my iBook before (using USB 2.0). It took a couple of tries for it to be recognised. Funny thing is, the guy that owned it tried it in his Powerbook, and it didn't work (that's why he got me to try it in my iBook).