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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1739861" data-attributes="member: 204485">Ok, you did not say where the EHD came from so I thought it might be windows formatted. If you bought it new it most certainly would be.If you did not format it Macintosh Extended (journaled) before using it then you can check what it is by clicking erase using Disk Utility. You do not actually need to erase it, just check what the next window says it is formatted as now then cancel. The error you are experiencing is often a "read" error. So if the files are unreadable and you cannot erase by the standard method then my advice is the same. Save the files you can and erase an reformat the drive.Sent from my iPhone using Mac Forums</blockquote>