I have just switched over from a mac to a pc and am having problems switching over my files.?

portable hard drive doesn't show up image

Suzannah S

I bought a Verbatim portable hard drive firewire/usb 2.0 with 160GB. It works perfectly on the mac but when i plug it into my new pc (with Vista), it doesn't even show up. I've been reading about reformatting the drive but i don't know how to do that or if it is possible for a 160GB drive? Could someone please help?

Thanks!

Answer
TransMac can open Mac drives from a Windows PC.
http://www.asy.com

I had my portable external hard drive in while i was installing windows 7 and now it doesn't show up?

chunky_06

I always have my hard drive in, and i installed windows 7 and everything went fine but then when i clicked on my computer my hard drive wasn't being shown and it hasn't showed up since? Any help anyone?

Answer
First, remove and reinsert the drive to see if it detects it or not. It's a good idea to try it on another computer too. Try opening disk management to see if its there or not (start, right click on my computer, click manage, then choose disk management on the left column). If it shows up as free space, then you could create a partition and use it.

The drive enclosure might be bad.
Then try contacting the manufacturer if you have warranty, if not then you should disassemble it and use the bare hard drive in your computer to see if it works or not, because the enclosure might be broken. If that doesn't help, then your drive is bad.

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