OS 10.5 - Time Machine a no go?

michaelmjc · michaelmjc #1 (**permalink**)

02-23-2008, 10:52 AM

Ok, so when time machine came out, I bought a Western Digital 1TB drive to use for it. I formatted the drive, and have been using it for backups.

So yesterday, I plug in the hard drive to do a backup. Time machine pops up and says backup failed, and the hard drive cannot be used. If I would like to use the selected drive, a format is required.

I have done nothing different, and now it wont use the hard drive until it's been formatted.

I have about 200gb used on it, there is no way I can format it.

Any ideas? I think I just got screwed over.

Thanks in advance.

jneusch · jneusch #2 (**permalink**)

02-23-2008, 04:26 PM

This is certainly not a resolution, but I have had 5 WD HDD's fail over the last 15 years. I try to avoid them because of that. I hope you find resolution to your problem. Good luck!

jneusch #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 14, 2008 Posts: 26	02-23-2008, 04:26 PM This is certainly not a resolution, but I have had 5 WD HDD's fail over the last 15 years. I try to avoid them because of that. I hope you find resolution to your problem. Good luck! Joe iMac 2.16Ghz; 20"; 3GB RAM; 250GB HDD; 10.5.2 Macbook (black) 2.4Ghz; 4GB RAM
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michaelmjc #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 18, 2004 Posts: 110	02-23-2008, 10:52 AM Ok, so when time machine came out, I bought a Western Digital 1TB drive to use for it. I formatted the drive, and have been using it for backups. So yesterday, I plug in the hard drive to do a backup. Time machine pops up and says backup failed, and the hard drive cannot be used. If I would like to use the selected drive, a format is required. I have done nothing different, and now it wont use the hard drive until it's been formatted. I have about 200gb used on it, there is no way I can format it. Any ideas? I think I just got screwed over. Thanks in advance.
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