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"the disk you inserted is not readable by this computer"
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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.
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iBook 12" 500MHz 576MB
iMac G4 17" 1GHz (USB 2.0) 2GB 80GB SATA HD
MacBook 1.83GHz 2GB
MacBook Pro 15" 2.4GHz 4GB
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Is this on the MacBook pro?
What kind of enclosure?
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What are you doing in Disk Utility to format it? It needs to be partitioned, THEN formatted.
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Sell or send me your vintage Mac things if you don't want them.
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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.
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iBook 12" 500MHz 576MB
iMac G4 17" 1GHz (USB 2.0) 2GB 80GB SATA HD
MacBook 1.83GHz 2GB
MacBook Pro 15" 2.4GHz 4GB
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I think the drive is dead.
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