How do I get access to the manual for my desktop hard drive 500GB Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PC/Mac

You need a Mac Reader on your Windows 8 or you need software where you can use your Mac software on a Window System.

By default Mac computers can not access NTFS partitions which is probably what your external drive is formatted with. You can try downloading the program below to see if it will allow you to read the contents of the drive

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/ntfs3g.html

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Is it spinning? If its not, then your hard disk might be dying, but you can still save the data on it. Usually what i do is try to shake it until it starts spinning again. then connect it to your pc again.

give it to the service center for replacement and dont tell them u have dropped it or els they wont replace

Get yourself (free) Tuxera NTFS, and or Macfuse& NTFS 3g, a simple restart after installing, and you can read/write NTFS partitions from your 10.4/10.5 :-)

Hi,

Check the file system of your hard drive. If your PC is recognizing it, check if its a FAT or NTFS. If it is NTFS then you have to reformat it using your Mac and choose FAT. Mac OS recognizes NTFS as a read only drive. If you plan using it with your PC and MAC you should format it using your mac and choose MS-DOS in disc Utility. You cannot format the drive using your PC Computer with a FAT file system because of the capacity. Only Mac can format it with a FAT file system.

The boot info is bad. If there is info that is needed you will have to use a recovery program like getdataback fat 32 and getdatabackntfs

connect your harddisk to computer.
Then right click on my computer icon then click on "Manage"
then click on "Disk Management"

then find your removable device then you find unpartitioned space create new partition .then check.

Also check jumper settings of your harddisk.
It should not be on 16 bit or 32 bit in hardisk.

Yes. The MiniMax is designed to match the MacMini from Apple and comes formatted out of the box to work with a Mac. (One of the few drives that is!)
I think Iomega supply various Windows drivers on the CD

Hi, I have just checked the LACIE website, So Google LACIE, click the second result [Lacie's own site] you will get a page up with a choice box, select Australia/go click the desktop HDD. click the 500Gb usb, this will give you a page with a support and a download link. click download, here you will find a manual and drivers. Goodluck mistyman