When I plug in my iomega ego external drive am getting a message to reformat it. cant find any files etc

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Iomega Utility are not Specific to the current device.

My iomega ego external hard disk was working properly but when i connected it today the encryption utility show that-Iomega Utility are not Specific to the current device and no any area shown to type password. My drive contains lots of valuable data. How can I acess into my drive. But the virtual drive is shown.

What is the format system for the external HDD? Is it NTFS or FAT?

If it is formatted on a PC then it might be NTFS and android will not recognise NTFS. You might have to plug it back into the pc and change the format system by reformatting the external HDD in FAT32 or exFAT.
To format the HDD (Hard disk drive) plug it into windows and when it appears on the screen (This Pc or My Computer screen) next to your C: drive, right click the HDD and select format and when the format window opens select the "File system" drop down menu and change it from NTFS. Then format it and plug it into your tablet to test it.

If you are using windows.

You can right click and when the format dialog box opens look for the drop down arrow that is labeled file system. make sure it says fat32. and then format the drive

There could be several problems going on here. Try this first If still unsuccessful you may need to run chkdsk in windows (XP or 7). This will unlock the protection bit on the ntfs file system and the disk should be fine. If there is a problem chkdsk will tell you. Also always remember to eject or safely remove external hard drive.

> WHAT NOT TO DO

Do not copy all your files onto the drive **AND** then delete then from your 'C:' drive.
It's necessary to keep TWO (not ONE) copies of your files: one on your 'C:' drive,
and one on the external drive, and then pray that *BOTH* devices don't fail at the SAME time.

try to reformat your portable hard drive.

try to connect it to another computer that runs vista, reformatting is never a good thing. the portable hould be read on any other computer, but if you connect to another computer that have vista take it off and keep it on the other computer for a little (like someone elses computer) and put it back on to the computer with windows 7, reformat it and try to put our stuff back on then try again.

Format your hardrive for Mac OS:
Go to Disk Utilities under the go menu in your finder. Select the external drive and click on the erase tab. Clikc erase again and it formats the drive. You can now copy files onto the drive.

From what I'm finding; this drive is a USB 2.0 drive. First, you'll need to plug the drive into the computer via the supplied USB cable (if it came with one) and any AC power for the drive if it requires it.

Then, your PC should detect it and you then need to run the software for it to be configured properly.

To use the drive, simply (if in windows) double click my computer and the drive will probably come up with a name such as eGo or iOmega Hard Disk or possibly even External Hard Disk. From there, double click that drive and start copy files! :)