Yep. Moved the data over, reformatted, moved the data back. http://photo.net/photos/RickW
--- On Wed, 9/10/08, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rick. > > Just curious, as you said you had data on the Windows > drive. Did you > copy the data some were, format the drive to Win/Mac then > put the data > on. > > I have a full Maxtor that was just a Windows external to, > > Dave > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Rick Womer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It worked! I now have a bilingual external drive. > > > > Thanks, Godders! > > > > Rick > > > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > > > --- On Tue, 9/9/08, Godfrey DiGiorgi > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: Re: Mac, PC, and portable external drive > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > <[email protected]> > >> Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 3:56 PM > >> Presuming it is a USB 2 drive ... on Windows ... > >> -- Be sure you have the correct driver installed > for it, if > >> it needs > >> one. > >> -- Be sure your computer's USB port supplies > enough > >> power to run it or > >> have an external power supply for it. > >> > >> Once you're sure of those two things: > >> > >> Mac OS X can read and write to FAT32 volumes, > which are > >> also directly > >> accessible to Windows XP. The built-in Windows XP > disk > >> utility will > >> not format a FAT32 volume that large but Mac OS > X's > >> Disk Utility > >> application will. > >> > >> - Copy all the data off the drive to some other > location. > >> - Run Disk Utility (in the /Applications/Utilities > folder) > >> - Select the drive > >> - Choose the "Partition" tab > >> - Select the file system (ms dos, IIRC) with the > popup menu > >> - Set it for one partition > >> - Click the erase button and confirm it. > >> > >> Once done the volume on that drive should be > read/writeable > >> on both > >> Mac OS X and Windows XP, presuming the two things > mentioned > >> at the top > >> are good. > >> > >> Godfrey > >> > >> On Sep 9, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > >> > >> > Okay, computer guys, I have a question: > >> > > >> > I have > >> > - an iMac (G5 PPC) at home, on which I do > most of my > >> photo work; > >> > - an HP laptop (running XP) for work, on > which I would > >> like to do > >> > photo work while traveling; > >> > - a 250 GB portable external hard drive, > which has > >> been connected to > >> > the Mac as a backup drive. > >> > > >> > My Winblows machine does not acknowledge the > external > >> drive's > >> > existence. > >> > > >> > Is there a way to have read/write access to > the > >> external drive from > >> > both the Mac and the PC? (not at the same > time, of > >> course...) > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > >> directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > Equine Photography > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > Ontario Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
