It's probably formatted as FAT32 (Windows File System). Open Disk Utility and check it out. You may have to re-format it as HFS+ .
On 9/5/06 9:13 AM, "KEVIN Lock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have transferred lots of photographs to an external HD (Lacie > 250gb). When transferring I get messages saying that some names are > too long. Also on trying to open photos from the Lacie HD messages > tell me that the file is damaged and possibly truncated. Some pics > show truncations. I do not get those messages or problems on the > internal HD. Wassup? > > TIA > > Kev > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

