formatting hdd

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by todd517, Mar 16, 2010.

  1. todd517

    todd517 Private E-2

    I have a simplex pininfarina hdd and for some reason it oly lets my macbook pro read it. My hp laptop cannot read it. is there a way to format the hdd without losing the data in it? I recently had my hp laptop upgraded to windows 7 if that matters,prior it was xp and all was good.
    Please and Thank You!
     
    todd517, Mar 16, 2010
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  2. Burrell

    Burrell MajorGeek

    No.

    I can answer that, but someone else will have to help you solve your problems on this one, as i am a noob at this kinda stuff.
     
    Burrell, Mar 17, 2010
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  3. todd517

    todd517 Private E-2

    in order to save my info on the hdd i have to pass it thru a mac onto new hdd then reformat my old hdd and bring it back is this the only solution?
     
    todd517, Mar 17, 2010
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  4. motc7

    motc7 Vice Admiral (Starfleet)

    When you insert the drive into the PC, does it say anything? Recognized in the Computer window as a drive?
     
    motc7, Mar 17, 2010
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  5. todd517

    todd517 Private E-2

    it is recognized in devices but not computor.
     
    todd517, Mar 17, 2010
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  6. motc7

    motc7 Vice Admiral (Starfleet)

    Goto disk management. Does it show there? Might be a conflicting drive name/letter
     
    motc7, Mar 17, 2010
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  7. todd517

    todd517 Private E-2

    it shows in disk management...whats next?
     
    todd517, Mar 17, 2010
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  8. motc7

    motc7 Vice Admiral (Starfleet)


    Right click on your drive in the bottom section of the screen, then set as active. Tell me if anything changes.
     
    motc7, Mar 17, 2010
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  9. todd517

    todd517 Private E-2

    the only thing that says active is set partition as active and it is not highlighted I cannot click it.
     
    todd517, Mar 17, 2010
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  10. motc7

    motc7 Vice Admiral (Starfleet)

    Sorry man, that is most definitely not a good thing.

    Here are some other options.

    Get a universal drive adapter, they are not expensive, and hook up your drive to it.

    If it shows in my computer, then I would use the following utility to recover data again, just to make sure that the files aren't corrupt.

    http://majorgeeks.com/EASEUS_Deleted_File_Recovery_d3939.html
     
    motc7, Mar 17, 2010
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  11. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    If your simplex pininfarina is formatted in anything but FAT32 then windows will not be able to read it. A hard drive for a Mac might be formatted as HFS+ and will never be readable by a windows computer.
    Anything formatted FAT32 can be seen and used on a windows PC, an Apple computer and a computer running linux even though all three operating systems might be formatted differently.

    Check the box, did it say formatted for use in a Mac and PC or did it just say formatted for a Mac?

    Clarify: it was working fine in XP but now is not working in windows 7?

    note for me: I can find simpletech pininfarina but nothing called simplex pininfarina.
     
    Last edited: Mar 17, 2010
    plodr, Mar 17, 2010
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  12. todd517

    todd517 Private E-2

    Thanks for your help believe it or not you gave me the most info and tried more ways than anyone else....
    Thanks again.
     
    todd517, Mar 18, 2010
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  13. motc7

    motc7 Vice Admiral (Starfleet)


    No worries man. Anytime

    (dont forget the thanks button...shameless plug(
     
    motc7, Mar 18, 2010
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  14. collinsl

    collinsl MajorGeek

    Not true in the slightest. Windows can read FAT (the original), FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, CDFS, UFS, NFS and probably some more I have forgotten.

    @todd517: I was about to suggest a HFS+ to windows converter but they are all payware. Sorry.
     
    collinsl, Mar 18, 2010
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  15. todd517

    todd517 Private E-2

    k

    hdd is Simpletech not simplex ...my bad

    yes it worked with xp not working with windows 7.
     
    todd517, Mar 19, 2010
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