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<blockquote data-quote="EndlessMac" data-source="post: 1145695" data-attributes="member: 140470"><p>If you still have your Windows computer then you can plug the external into that and in Windows right click your external and go to properties to see what format it is. You might not have formatted it correctly in Windows. Go to <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/advanced/ntfs.mspx" target="_blank">Windows XP: Format backup drives with NTFS</a> to make sure you formatted corrrectly. </p><p></p><p>Are you just trying to transfer your files from your Windows computer to your Mac or do you no longer have your Windows computer and your external HD is the only thing that has your files? There could be a problem with the enclosure you put your external into. </p><p></p><p>Also since you said you are not that computer savvy you can download <a href="http://ntfsmounter.com/" target="_blank">NTFS Mounter</a> to enable writing to NTFS instead of messing around in the Terminal. Snow Leopard 10.6 can read NTFS without any help but you might as well try NTFS mounter and see if that works.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EndlessMac, post: 1145695, member: 140470"] If you still have your Windows computer then you can plug the external into that and in Windows right click your external and go to properties to see what format it is. You might not have formatted it correctly in Windows. Go to [url=http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/advanced/ntfs.mspx]Windows XP: Format backup drives with NTFS[/url] to make sure you formatted corrrectly. Are you just trying to transfer your files from your Windows computer to your Mac or do you no longer have your Windows computer and your external HD is the only thing that has your files? There could be a problem with the enclosure you put your external into. Also since you said you are not that computer savvy you can download [url=http://ntfsmounter.com/]NTFS Mounter[/url] to enable writing to NTFS instead of messing around in the Terminal. Snow Leopard 10.6 can read NTFS without any help but you might as well try NTFS mounter and see if that works. [/QUOTE]
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