- #RE PARTION FORMAT WD EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE FOR MAC OS#
- #RE PARTION FORMAT WD EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE UPDATE#
- #RE PARTION FORMAT WD EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE SOFTWARE#
Hierarchical File System Plus (HFS+) was developed by Apple for Mac OS X. It can work with Linux operating systems.You can store files as large as its partition size.
It can have partitions as large as 16 million TB.However, you can’t write or delete files from a Mac.Īside from all that, NTFS has several cool features, including: And unlike HFS+, it can actually work on Mac computers too. Understandably, it is the default file system for Windows PCs. But contrary to its name, it’s a rather old file system that was developed by Microsoft decades ago and launched in 1993.
Remember that in windows boot i couldnt even get the disk to show in diskpart etc to attempt such re-assignment.Ĭonsidering attempting to return it for a new one, since i now got the important files recovered, but of course im also intrigued by this strange failure and want to get to the bottom and both fix it and learn.NTFS is short for New Technology File System. The closest location we can manage is 1048kB to 1048kB. "Error creating partition on /dev/sdf: Command-line `parted -align optimal -script "/dev/sdf" "mkpart primary ext2 1MiB 1000170586111b"' exited with non-zero exit status 1: Error: You requested a partition from 1049kB to 1000GB. Here the disk shows up at 1TB of unallocated space, but i am not able to create new partition, it starts at 1048kb and gets nowhere until failure error apear.Īttempted both ext4 and NTFS, here is error dump for ext4 attempt Now im trying to use the ubuntu disk utility to format and re-partion the drive. Make certain you're doing it to the right drive. That should fix anything but physical issues, though it will wipe anything on the drive. If you've got all the files you need, grab any partition editor and make a new MBR, then a new NTFS partition. When you say it stops, do you mean it just goes back to the terminal prompt, or does it sit there with a cursor? If it's the cursor, it may just be that it takes a while to fix.
#RE PARTION FORMAT WD EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE UPDATE#
usd discs)ī) It connects normally and is allocated in device manager and ID is correctĬ) I can acutally use my BIOS flash utitily to search the disc for BIOS update files and in there i can see ALL folders on the disc with no problem at all (but that utility can help me backup files from it sadly)Īny further ideas will be highly appriciated as shes got alot of work and pictures stored on there. The reason i havent concluded with defective drive yet is thatĪ) Its not making any abormnal sounds or spin up/down behavior (as ive had many times before with ext. I tried ALOT of recovery programs booted as both linux, dos, windows but its always the same, disc is (partly?)seen, but impossible to read.
#RE PARTION FORMAT WD EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE SOFTWARE#
I checked it and i just can read/write to it in my windows 8 and any such attempt freezes the relevant windows software until it is unplugged again. but she got it working again and copied alot of files to/from it on that machine while it was continoulsy connected, then she tried to use it on her windows laptop and it didnt work, brought it back to the ubuntu machine again and now she couldnt use it there either. Drive has been used on ubunto machine by my girlfriend, she sad she some reinstall of her ubuntu and then the disc did not show up so she ran a NTFS Fix (ubuntu style) She dont know excatly what she did. So it seems it is only in windows i cant access the drive. Would have taken the disk for broken if it wasnt for the fact that i can see all files and folders in BIOS flash utility.