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You are trying to switch your external harddrive from your mac to your windows computer When you connect the external HD into your PC Windows XP nothing happens Any suggestions?
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∙ 16y ago
The drive is formatted for the Mac. You need to take the information off the harddrive, then format it for PC and reload the data.
Im dealing with the exact same issue right now but my question is how to get the PC to view the external harddrive through the network as a volume. I can see the Mac and its contents, but how do I get to the drive? suggestions?
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