Hi Simon, I just bought a USB enclosure as well and my experience was a bit different. The instructions (in classic "Engrish", I might add) said to jumper the drive as a "master drive". Okay... I did that and the drive showed up as a mass storage device, but I couldn't read or write to it (Preformatted NTFS 40 GB from another PC). Plugged it into the Mac and nothing.
As a last resort, after an hour or so screwing around loading and unloading drivers (and a few profanities), I pulled the drive out, removed the jumper and put it back together. Plugged it into the peecee and a new F: drive showed up. Plugged it into the Mac and a USB drive appeared on the desktop. I'm using NTFS 'cuz I need to be able to occasionally connect the drive to a peecee at work. Happily, NTFS isn't a problem for the Macs. Amanda - A halfway Swithcher! > -----Original Message----- > From: iMac List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon > Royal > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 3:28 AM > To: iMac List > Subject: USB Hard Drive Problem > > Hi > > I have bought a USB enclosure that takes laptop drives. So I bought > myself a > 30GB laptop hard drive from eBay. > The case says it works on a Mac but I am having problems getting it to > mount. > > I know it all works as I plugged it in the my wifes PC and it detects it > as a > Mass Storage Device. > > I have searched on the net and come up with a few suggestions to try, but > any > help would be fantastic. > > 1. The hard drive has no jumpers and it needs to be set to MASTER to work > on a Mac > 2. The drive needs to be formatted to mac before use. > > Help please. > > Simon Royal > Web Blog - http://mjbsworld.tblog.com/ > --- The box said "Requires Windows 2000, or better" so I bought an Apple > Mac. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
