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By katelinvansi on Aug 10, 2009

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My mac won't recognize my external hard drive. I changed the case to one that I knew worked, and I still can't get my computer to recognize it
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Solution #1

posted on Aug 11, 2009
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palaboy
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hi,

extract your hard disk from the case,

connect it inside the computer

if still cant be recognized , maybe a bad hard drive

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Solution #2

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morrad1
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get a diffrent make like sata
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