cannot write to external hdd

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hello,,,,,i'm having a bit of a problem....i can't seem to write to an external hdd...i can read and copy but cannot write to it...thnx
 
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is it formatted from a windows machine as NTFS?

If so there are 2 free solutions plus a commercial one (see which works)

Try this one first

macfuse - Google Code
 
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thnx

thank you for the quick response will download it and see if it wrks...the external hdd i'm using is mac compatible and it used to wrk fine before...and also if i try to copy anything in the flash drive it keeps telling me that the flash drive is full when there's nothing wrong with it..
 
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Flash drives are a bit fussy when it comes to clearing out items. It is necessary to drag the contents to the trash and then empty trash before disconnecting otherwise it is still stored on the drive.

Formatting could be the problem with both the external and flash drives. The external no doubt is Mac compatible but as louishen suggests, PC formatting it to NTFS does require reformatting with MacFuse or a similar program.
 

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