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Fat32 External Hard Drive is read-only?
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1209705" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>No need to reply in that manner. We're trying to help you sort this out. If the drive is indeed formatted to FAT-32 then we need to understand why nothing has worked thus far.</p><p></p><p>Disk Utility does not know the difference between FAT-32 and exFAT as it will "see" both as MS-DOS formatted.</p><p></p><p>What does it say when you attach the drive to a Windows machine? Assuming you have one handy? You will need at least Vista SP 1 in order to determine if the drive is formatted to exFAT or FAT-32.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1209705, member: 46727"] No need to reply in that manner. We're trying to help you sort this out. If the drive is indeed formatted to FAT-32 then we need to understand why nothing has worked thus far. Disk Utility does not know the difference between FAT-32 and exFAT as it will "see" both as MS-DOS formatted. What does it say when you attach the drive to a Windows machine? Assuming you have one handy? You will need at least Vista SP 1 in order to determine if the drive is formatted to exFAT or FAT-32. [/QUOTE]
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