I hav used the maxtor OneTouch to back up my old laptop. Now I have a Mac and want to open the files on the Mac and also back up my Mac. I don't want to delete the files I have on the Maxtor. I have heard there is such a thing as "partitioning" a drive, but I can't find details. Any help would be great. Thanks!
SOURCE: maxtor access (pc and MAC)
Yes, formatting included erasing the drive and renewing the partition. If you want the drive legible on pc, but will be working in both environments, then you can do 1 of 2 things....
easiest, purchase MACDRIVE, it will allow a pc computer to see and use Mac items on the drive.
You could also transfer the content to another drive temporarily, format the drive in question to MS-DOS, then transfer all that content back over...using a MAC to do so.....
keep me posted..
SOURCE: Maxtor Basics portable 320gb Mac to pc compatability problems
Hi Tys,
I had a similar issue with my Maxtor Basics portable 500GB drive. I hadn't formatted mine yet, but had heard there were issues, so decided to find out before I start. I even saw your post here looking for an answer. Finally, one of my friends told me the following solution, which worked fine for me:
Don't format the drive as any of the Mac OS Extended options, simply reformat it as MS-DOS (it should be one of the options in Disk Utilities when you choose Erase and go to the Volume Format dropdown list).
Your Mac should be able to recognise and use the drive in this format and it works for PCs. Transferring files between the two shouldn't be a problem.
A thing to note, though, is that these Maxtor drives apparently come ready-formatted as MS-DOS (mine did). But while my Mac recognised the drive, I couldn't copy files on to it. If this happens, erase this MS-DOS formatting with... MS-DOS. Don't ask me why this works, I'm not a Mac Genius, but now my Maxtor is trouble-free and can transfer files from PC to Mac and back again.
Hope this works out for ya!
K
SOURCE: Cannot delete files from Maxtor Hard Drive on Mac
Hi Simon
Is there a problem deleting or is it that you just don't know how to do it?
If it's the former you need to supply a bit more info. If it's the latter then it's very easy.
Highlight the file you want to delete, right-click and select move to trash (second item down).
This moves the file to the trash but doesn't delete it.
Next you can right-click on the trash icon in the dock and choose Empty trash or go to the finder menu and select empty trash from there.
After that your files should have been deleted from the maxtor.
Simple eh?
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