Re: file transfering prob mac/windows

[mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>]

Did you accidently format it as a Mac drive?  If you
use standard... I'm not even sure what you call it,
"windows" format I guess, the mac will read it as well
as it's native drive formatting, but XP will not.  I
think there's an inexpensive utility though for XP
that lets it read mac formatted drives.  I never hook
my laptop to the internet (ok, that's a lie, I do when
there's a call and response license thing like NI
uses) so I transfer files using a windows format usb
"thumb" drive.  That's probably easiest.

--- "L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi gang,
> a friend of mine brought his new sea gate 300GB
> external usb HD to swap files from our external
> backup
> sea gate HDs, both plugged into his mac book.The
> first
> time we plugged my HD into the mac we had to restart
> it for it to recognize it but then it was recognized
> and did the transfer successfully,but this morning i
> plugged my HD back to my windows PC and every time i
> try to open it,it just asks "do u want to format
> your
> HD?"however his HD is recognized on both platforms
> without a problem!
> anybody has a clue what happened? have i lost all my
> backup files?is transfering files from different
> O.S.
> through an external usb HD a forbidden sin?
> thank you all!
> Luis
> 
> www.myspace.com/luisangulocom
> 
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