omfg (hd issues)

again...

so i had issues with my lacie HD, and it has been a bit of a bitch since then. so i have replaced it tonight. i replaced it with a Comstar USB 2.0 Mobile HD. it doesnt require an ac plug, just used 2 usb ports. i plugged it in, popped up fine. But when i tried to drag something to it, it says:

"The item could not be moved because "new volume" cannot be modified"

any suggesions ???

 

just on a limb here, but is it formatted?

 

yeah , format it.

 

I have a comstar 2.5" drive, it only uses one port on my mac... I don't use the "end" one, the one in the middle works for me.

 

thanks guys, got a little confused with the whole "partition" and what not.

 

so. i got it working fine on my computer (mac). but i took it into my work today, and tried to get some files off of my bosses computer (pc) and it would not show up anywheres on his computer. is this because it is formatted specifically for a mac ? And if so, is there a way to format for both ? thanks again

 

Sounds like it. I've had a PC formatted external drive readable by a Mac, but it couldn't write to it. Sounds like the same sort of situation here.

 

when i go to reformat it. my options are as follows:

mac os extended (journaled)
mac osx extended
mac osx extended (case-sensitive, jounaled)
mac osx extended (case-sensitive)
ms-dos file system
unix file system
free space

 

ms-dos file system

Should be readable by both mac and windows.

 

doesnt ms stand for microsoft, leading me to think that wouldnt work

 

Microsoft Disk Operating System

It uses the FAT32 allocation system which OSX and XP/98/Vista can read/write to.

 

Yes, OS X can read it no problems.