wont work: Says it has to be formatted. i put it in my comp clicked format and says unable to format what do i need to do?
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If you read the instructions on the original page, it says to put it in your phone to format it, not your computer.
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Try This: Go to Control Panel-> System and Security -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management -> Select the F: Drive by click it (If F: Drive is shown, otherwise the drive is not good)-> Click "Action" MENU -> Move mouse to "All Tasks" and Select "Format"
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Thanks Dean, the drive was working so the format is probably OK. When you plug in the USB the charge light comes on but the data side is obviously not working as the drive is not recognised. You can hear the disks spinning but they are very quiet. Thanks again for your help. Regards: Brendan
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Can't help with any specific advice as I am using my drive with a Mac, but I can't see why there would be a problem. If you received a drive pre-formatted for a Macintosh, then doubtless, you need to use a Windows program to reformat it. Good Luck!
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There is a "format" feature in one of the menus. The manual is not very clear, you need to tinker with it, but you will find this menu.
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Can you further explain how to format this for Mac -- and can it be interswitched between a Mac and a PC?
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Hey Mark, well the funny thing is that I sent this thing back. It just wouldn't format. No matter what I did, or cable I used it didn't work. It also had problems with using the firewire cable. I think I got it to recognize the HD ONCE, and then it said it would take almost 17 hours to format it. I honestly think something was wrong with the drive itself, but I didn't want another one to try. I figured I'd wait.
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Did you format it? It needs to be formatted as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
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You may need to format it, first. On Mac OS X, run Disk Utility. If it does not show up in Disk Utility, something is wrong.
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I did not format and it is working fine. I simply followed the instructions from the apricorn video.
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I would contact PNY and see if they can assist you. Have you tried formatting it? Sometimes that helps. If you had anything on it you didnt want to loose this may not work.
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T. Gruzka,Let me know when you do the reformat and if it works. I assume you have Comcast.
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I'm honestly not sure, as I immediately formatted the drive when I got it. Sorry!
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The drive may not be formatted or formatted with the right file system, you can check that in disk management or the drive could be bad but most likely needs correct format. I just tested mine with my Windows 8 laptop and it works fine.
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I just installed it on a windows 8.1 machine. It gave me an error the first time, I just re installed and it worked. Have not created a document with it yet as I don't have anything on there to print with yet.
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Probably is not initialized of formatted yet. Check under Windows' "Disk Management".
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I'm not sure but maybe you have to reformat the drive! Right click on the drive and then select format. Be careful, if you have any files there it will deleted. Hope this helps.