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[HELP] Seagate 1TB FreeAgent Desk™ for Mac

  • 18-10-2009 08:15PM
    #1
    Loobz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭


    Im thinking of buying this hard drive but plan to use it on a windows based pc. Can I just plug this into my vista machine and format it to NTFS?

    See here

    Thanks


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  • #2
    yoyo
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    If you want it to be both windows and mac compatable, you should format it to FAT32 filesystem, and yes, it will work fine

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  • #3
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,699 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    The only difference between the "Mac" version and the regular version is that it has firewire and comes pre-formated as HFS Plus.


  • #4
    jahalpin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭jahalpin


    You can get a 1TB Seagate drive already NTFS formatted in Eason shops for only 89euro


  • #5
    Talisman
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    OS X can read and write NTFS if you install MacFUSE and NTFS-3G. It's free, alternatively you can shell out money for Tuxera or Paragon if you want a commercial solution.


  • #6
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    Talisman wrote: »
    OS X can read and write NTFS if you install MacFUSE and NTFS-3G.

    + 1 on this, it's the ideal solution and NTFS is probably the best format to use if you want to use the drive in Windows and Mac OS X (you'll eventually run into file size problems with FAT32).

    You don't even have to install MacFUSE separately any longer, NTFS-3G now takes care of all that for you so there's only the single package to grab:

    http://www.ntfs-3g.org/


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  • #7
    Loobz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭Loobz


    Hi again,

    I bought the drive, formatted it as NTFS in Windows (through Administrative Tools > Computer management > Disk Management). Worked fine.... but once only. It was detected fine so I put it aside as I didnt need to use it immediately. So I just connected it again, but its not detected.

    Tried it on both Vista and Windows 7. The drive initialises once the drive is plugged into the usb (as in spins up, makes all the right sounds) then ... nothing. No clicking from the drive. Its not seen in Disk Management anymore. I downloaded Seatools, that does not detect it either.

    Should I try this drive on an actual Mac to test it, rather than trying to force feed it to Microsoft?


  • #8
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    You've already formatted it as NTFS so there would be no reason to connect it to a Mac to get it working, though trying it on a second system is always a good idea. Disk Management in Windows though should "see" the drive even if it has HFS+ partitions on it, they would just register as "unknown" and the drive would not show up in Windows Explorer.

    See if the Mac picks it up, check Disk Utility and try using a different cable too.


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