Not mounting Windows NT file system disk

[dw_drummeruk]

Hi,

My mac mini isnt mounting my 300gb maxtor one touch disk. it can see it in disk utility but wont mount it or allow me to first aid/verify the disk. Its formatted in windows NT file system but i am running 10.4.8 (PPC version) and reads my lacie 500gb fine which is also windows NT format

where am i going wrong?

cheers

RU

 

[MisterMe]

You should know that you cannot write to an NTFS-formatted disk from MacOS X or any other non-Microsoft OS. MacOS X can only read NT disks.

 

[Satcomer]

Hi,

My mac mini isnt mounting my 300gb maxtor one touch disk. it can see it in disk utility but wont mount it or allow me to first aid/verify the disk. Its formatted in windows NT file system but i am running 10.4.8 (PPC version) and reads my lacie 500gb fine which is also windows NT format

where am i going wrong?

cheers

RU

Here is the problem. Microsoft thinks they are the end all of ALL computers so they made a proprietary disk system, NTFS. Now you want your Mac to bend to the closed Windows format. Well Apple released their disk format and a third party developer Mediafour created MacDrive so Windows could read/write to Mac formatted hard drives.

So if you want to use this drive for Windows & Mac, format it for Mac OS Extended and load MacDrive(on Windows XP) and live with less disk sharing headaches.

 

[eric2006]

Clarification:

Hi,

My mac mini isnt mounting my 300gb maxtor one touch disk. it can see it in disk utility but wont mount it or allow me to first aid/verify the disk.

You should reformat the drive, it looks like something is wrong with it. HFS is the best format for Mac use, FAT32 for Mac-PC sharing.