LACIE DRIVE PROBLEM with copying from mac

[Hansman]

I borrowed a LACIE drive from my songwriting partner to copy a song to it from my mac (in LOGIC).
I noticed the drive wont accept anything at all - and has an error message "cant be moved, because drive "cannot be modified". What is happening here, and how do I solve it. There is stuff already on this drive too I don't want to destroy. Anybody out there? I'm a first timer here.

 

[Hansman]

Copy windows to another drive? Does this mean that this LACIE drive is a windows format only?

 

[DeltaMac]

If your partner uses that Lacie hard drive only on a Windows computer, then, yes, it's likely formatted NTFS, with files that you can read, but cannot write to the drive to add files, or make modifications to existing files on the drive. There is software that you can install on your Mac which will allow you to use that drive: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10913782

 

[Hansman]

Thanks alot, I might actually get this done now, so I do appreciate your time! I'm a music producer and I have to get these music files copied ASAP. Last question - is this software I'm about to install completely safe, and are there any instructions on how exactly to use it? (thanks again)

 

[DeltaMac]

I don't use that software, as I have no need. I don't come across many complaints about the NTFS-3G software, it does the job that it is designed to do - allow you access to the drive and the files.
I don't think that I have found any software, anywhere, that is 'completely safe'. Things happen - but, to my knowledge, this is fairly simple software, and if you have cause for concern, or unusual 'things' do begin to happen, you can simply remove the NTFS driver, and no harm done.