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Fat32 External Hard Drive is read-only?
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<blockquote data-quote="purple" data-source="post: 1209684" data-attributes="member: 117167"><p><strong>Use Windows to repair permissions.</strong></p><p></p><p>Maybe look up the program which formatted it.</p><p></p><p>If nothing else. Borrow an empty external hard drive from a friend which is at least as big. Use a more standard format, Even if you have to create a scad of standard M$ FAT 32 and use Windows to copy from the one you have (which OS X refuses to read) to the one from the friend. Use a small test at first. </p><p>If your Apple is new. Call Apple Care, you have days of free telephone. Maybe go to an Apple store and let them put your files over. </p><p></p><p>BTW: Apple care is like having a best friend who is a geek and has a lot of patience in working with you on whatever Apple issue you have.</p><p></p><p>And like someone else's tag line says: Hold onto the original install Disc's like grim death.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="purple, post: 1209684, member: 117167"] [b]Use Windows to repair permissions.[/b] Maybe look up the program which formatted it. If nothing else. Borrow an empty external hard drive from a friend which is at least as big. Use a more standard format, Even if you have to create a scad of standard M$ FAT 32 and use Windows to copy from the one you have (which OS X refuses to read) to the one from the friend. Use a small test at first. If your Apple is new. Call Apple Care, you have days of free telephone. Maybe go to an Apple store and let them put your files over. BTW: Apple care is like having a best friend who is a geek and has a lot of patience in working with you on whatever Apple issue you have. And like someone else's tag line says: Hold onto the original install Disc's like grim death. [/QUOTE]
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