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Help !!! - new iMac user - can't see external Iomega usb storage
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<blockquote data-quote="kieranm" data-source="post: 509297" data-attributes="member: 40100"><p>Hi folks,</p><p></p><p>Just got my new 24" imac yesterday and have been trying for a few hours to transfer my pc files to the new mac.</p><p></p><p>I have my pc data backed up on an 80gb iomega hard drive.</p><p></p><p>When I connect up the external drive to the iMac while it is in XP mode under Parallels, it does not see the external usb storage drive ( I checked that recognise usb is turned on in the config settings ). My understanding is that I should transfer the windows files to the shared folder in parallels desktop and i can then move them to say the itunes folder in the mac drive.</p><p></p><p>I also tried connecting the drive to the imac in normal mac OS mode and it did not see the external iomega drive ?</p><p></p><p>What is the correct way to do this ? - if I could connect the USB drive to the Mac OS would it be able to read the Windows files ( documents, iTunes library from my windows PC ) and move them to the normal Mac OS directories ?</p><p></p><p>Would appreciate any thoughts on resolving this as when I looked at the Iomega support site it indicated that the iMac should have all the drivers needed.</p><p></p><p>Thank you</p><p></p><p>Warm regards,</p><p>Kieran.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kieranm, post: 509297, member: 40100"] Hi folks, Just got my new 24" imac yesterday and have been trying for a few hours to transfer my pc files to the new mac. I have my pc data backed up on an 80gb iomega hard drive. When I connect up the external drive to the iMac while it is in XP mode under Parallels, it does not see the external usb storage drive ( I checked that recognise usb is turned on in the config settings ). My understanding is that I should transfer the windows files to the shared folder in parallels desktop and i can then move them to say the itunes folder in the mac drive. I also tried connecting the drive to the imac in normal mac OS mode and it did not see the external iomega drive ? What is the correct way to do this ? - if I could connect the USB drive to the Mac OS would it be able to read the Windows files ( documents, iTunes library from my windows PC ) and move them to the normal Mac OS directories ? Would appreciate any thoughts on resolving this as when I looked at the Iomega support site it indicated that the iMac should have all the drivers needed. Thank you Warm regards, Kieran. [/QUOTE]
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