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WD Passport Essential works on Mac but Windows no!

yaser1987

yaser1987

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Oct 20, 2009
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Hello there, hope you doing well,

I bought this Hard and I did install it on my Macbook pro and I did it into 2 parts

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everythings alright?

but when I tried to copy some movies from my mac to my windows through my hard! it doesn't work on windows ?

How can I make it works with both systems whatever if mac or windows

please help :confused:
 
What's the file system? Did you use a GPT partition? Which version of Windows?

Get Info and Disk Utility come into play here.
 
FAT32
  • Read/Write FAT32 from both native Windows and native Mac OS X.
  • No individual file larger than 4GB.
NTFS
HFS
  • Read/Write HFS from native Mac OS X
  • To Read/Write HFS from Windows, Install MacDrive
  • To Read HFS (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer
 
now I did format it so it says ' No writable WD smartware partition found on your My Passport Essential drive '

How can I partition it with 2 parts but it does accept windows and mac ( like drag and drop ) without any programme?

also Can I partiton it through Windows Xp ?

What's the file system? Did you use a GPT partition? Which version of Windows?
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Xp and 7

Please help, thanks a lot
 
GGJstudios said:
Read/Write FAT32 from both native Windows and native Mac OS X.
No individual file larger than 4GB.
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How can I do this througt Windows Xp please?

so in this partition I'll be able to just Drag and Drop but no more than 4gb? sounds pretty cool
 
clientsiman said:
You can use the disk management tool.

Click Start, click Run, type compmgmt.msc, and then click OK. Disk Management is located in the console tree on the left side of the window.


http://www.theeldergeek.com/disk_management.htm ( more info )
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If you look at Disk 1 I think this is the hard and i created before the 2 parts, when I click right on it I only see Delete partition.

Shall I delete it and partition again with FAT32?

thanks a lot
 
yaser1987 said:
If you look at Disk 1 I think this is the hard and i created before the 2 parts, when I click right on it I only see Delete partition.

Shall I delete it and partition again with FAT32?

thanks a lot
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No. You just need to assign a letter for this disk. As you can see your other drives have a letter assign to them , C:, D:, E:, so you just have to assign a letter. It should be easy: http://www.ehow.com/how_2131593_assign-drive-letter-usb-drive.html , http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844
 
clientsiman said:
No. You just need to assign a letter for this disk. As you can see your other drives have a letter assign to them , C:, D:, E:, so you just have to assign a letter. It should be easy: http://www.ehow.com/how_2131593_assign-drive-letter-usb-drive.html , http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844
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ok can I do it all HFS and leave a small space for FAT32 just in case if i want to take files from my friends ? how can I do through MAC

thanks a lot and I am sorry for asking a lot of questions.
 
How big are the files you are trying to transfer? If they are smaller than 4 GBs then just format it to FAT32 and you can transfer back from your PC and Mac no problem.
 
MCRunning said:
How big are the files you are trying to transfer? If they are smaller than 4 GBs then just format it to FAT32 and you can transfer back from your PC and Mac no problem.
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it is not up to 4GB it is all TV shows 350MB each or movies around 700 DVDrip

but the problem is how can I format it to FAT32 through MAC, Can you help me please :eek:

( The file it selfs not bigger than 4GB) for example, If I have Lost all the seasons which is bigger than 10GB for example but as overall each episode is 350MB. Is that alright?!
 
yaser1987 said:
By the way when I click on options I found these, what shall I choose ? please help me
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You should be able to just leave it as GUID Partition Table. I don't think you will be booting any OS off your external HD, so it really shouldn't matter. ;)
 
Oh My GOD Fainlly Ive done it :D

Thanks a lot guys for your help thanks and I am really sorry for annoying you.

Peace be upon you all

bye
 
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