[tiger]

So I bought a new 320GB 2.5 HD and have tried hooking it up inside a computer, through an external enclosure.. both to no avail... I keep getting this message

"the disk you inserted is not readable by this computer"

It also doesn't show up on disk utility as anything other than a ghost image (and it doesn't let me format it)

Is there an app that I can use that is able to read different formats? Or what can I do to format this drive into something that is readable by a mac?

Thanks.

[Spheric Harlot]

Is this on the MacBook pro?

What kind of enclosure?

[shifuimam]

What are you doing in Disk Utility to format it? It needs to be partitioned, THEN formatted.

[tiger]

Yes, however I tried it on a MacBook since they are so much easier to swap than the Pro.

I tried a usb 2.0 enclosure for a 2.5 sata hd as well.. I recognizes it after some spinning and then just displays the "the disk is not readable by this computer" message.

I thought it could be that the computer couldn't recognize the format but could it possibly be that it's just a bad HD?

@shifuimam: It doesn't let me partition it or reformat it... in fact Disk Utility doesn't seem to recognize anything from the drive, and despite being a 320GB HD, it shows up as 0.

[AKcrab]

I think the drive is dead.