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Unable To Format Ext Hdd
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<blockquote data-quote="vin.napster666" data-source="post: 738820" data-attributes="member: 70255"><p>hello everyone ..... i bought this western digital external hdd (300 GB) a year ago and it worked fine on PC. ever since i connected it to the MAC it strtd showing USMT.TMP file corrupted and i was able to copy files only from the hdd and not to the hdd. i tried deleting the file but it said IO device error. i then tried formatting the disk using disk utility, but i am not able to as it says resource busy ..... the hdd now does not even show up on the desktop. helpppppppp as i have all my data on the hdd ...... </p><p></p><p>it used to work fine on the PC but now even the pc does not read it ..... is there any way i can get it working ..... i dont find formatting the disk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vin.napster666, post: 738820, member: 70255"] hello everyone ..... i bought this western digital external hdd (300 GB) a year ago and it worked fine on PC. ever since i connected it to the MAC it strtd showing USMT.TMP file corrupted and i was able to copy files only from the hdd and not to the hdd. i tried deleting the file but it said IO device error. i then tried formatting the disk using disk utility, but i am not able to as it says resource busy ..... the hdd now does not even show up on the desktop. helpppppppp as i have all my data on the hdd ...... it used to work fine on the PC but now even the pc does not read it ..... is there any way i can get it working ..... i dont find formatting the disk [/QUOTE]
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