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<blockquote data-quote="thadoggfather" data-source="post: 225100" data-attributes="member: 13046">Go to applications-&gt; utilities -&gt; disk utilities and format the drive to HFS+ journaled. Then I think if you buy MacDrive and install it on your windows machine, it should be able to read the drive. Or i think you could always format it to FAT32, because OS X can read and write to that partition, only thing is that FAT32 is outdated and it sucks. So go for the former advice.As for the chime when you start it up, I have no clue. But I did the same thing just to let you know, dug a 120gb seagate drive out of an idle windows machine and bought a macally enclosure for it, but it's firewire. So i don't think you can boot the Operating System from a USB enclosure, only firewire. But someone correct me if I'm wrong. I hope I was of help.Check out macdrive- <a href="http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive6/" target="_blank">http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive6/</a>Do some research. I'm a mac newb too, so excuse the plethora of &quot;I thinks&quot; in my post- I just switched in January <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="thadoggfather, post: 225100, member: 13046"] Go to applications-> utilities -> disk utilities and format the drive to HFS+ journaled. Then I think if you buy MacDrive and install it on your windows machine, it should be able to read the drive. Or i think you could always format it to FAT32, because OS X can read and write to that partition, only thing is that FAT32 is outdated and it sucks. So go for the former advice. As for the chime when you start it up, I have no clue. But I did the same thing just to let you know, dug a 120gb seagate drive out of an idle windows machine and bought a macally enclosure for it, but it's firewire. So i don't think you can boot the Operating System from a USB enclosure, only firewire. But someone correct me if I'm wrong. I hope I was of help. Check out macdrive- [url]http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive6/[/url] Do some research. I'm a mac newb too, so excuse the plethora of "I thinks" in my post- I just switched in January :) [/QUOTE]

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