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Just picked up a used mac...
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1099262" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>1. It must be a retail copy of Snow Leopard ($30). Your brother's is likely a restore disc and those are tailored to the machine they're sold with.</p><p></p><p>2) What is the exact dialog? Most likely that external HD is formatted in NTFS. Although the Mac can read that file system, you'll need an aftermarket driver to write to it. I'd be really surprised if the Mac could repair it, are you sure it's not prompting to "initialize"?</p><p></p><p>Before you do anything with it, I'd connect it back to your Windows machine and run a disk check. You can do this by right-clicking the drive in My Computer, click Properties, under Error Checking, click "Check Now" and allow Windows to make any repairs it suggests. When finished, eject the drive from My Computer, by right-clicking on it and choosing "Eject". Then you can safely disconnect the drive without risking damage to the file structure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1099262, member: 24098"] 1. It must be a retail copy of Snow Leopard ($30). Your brother's is likely a restore disc and those are tailored to the machine they're sold with. 2) What is the exact dialog? Most likely that external HD is formatted in NTFS. Although the Mac can read that file system, you'll need an aftermarket driver to write to it. I'd be really surprised if the Mac could repair it, are you sure it's not prompting to "initialize"? Before you do anything with it, I'd connect it back to your Windows machine and run a disk check. You can do this by right-clicking the drive in My Computer, click Properties, under Error Checking, click "Check Now" and allow Windows to make any repairs it suggests. When finished, eject the drive from My Computer, by right-clicking on it and choosing "Eject". Then you can safely disconnect the drive without risking damage to the file structure. [/QUOTE]
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