I have tried to do those things. Does error code -43 indicate a particular problem like that? I am now trying the hard drive on my son's macbook, and it seems to be working fine. It should be compatible with my G5 running Leopard, don't you think?--Ben Zion Hershberg On Mar 31, 2008, at 10:49 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote:
> have you reformatted this external drive in disk utility? have you > selected this disk in systems prefs>time machine>select backup > disk. best...jf > > > On Mar 31, 2008, at 10:27 PM, Ben Hershberg wrote: >> >> >> I'm trying to use a western digital mybook (500 gb) for a backup >> external hard drive with my G5. when I try to start up time machine I >> get an "unexpected error" code -43. Don't know what that means and >> would appreciate suggestions--Thanks--Ben Zion Hershberg > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be April 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be April 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
