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External Hard Drive Not Recognized

I have been using my Iomega External Hard Drive to back up my files on my PC (HDD Model). To date, was working great. As luck would have it, my computer gave me the blue screen and said "pysical memory dump completed". So, I bought a brand new iMac. Not, I am trying to transfer my files and my Mac won't read/recognize the drive. Worse, my friend's laptop won't read/recognize. Problem with teh external hard drive? I am very sad about this as all my files are backed up there, it is my last resort. Help.

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You may have to download a new driver, but sorry to say that the drivers ive only been able to find is for windows nothing for mac pcs, its possible to try the mac website and see if they have and drivers to download, i will have a look and see, please let me know if you are able to find anything, good luck , thanks

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