I have a Simpletech 160 g, USB hard drive, I plug it in and the instructions say it will need to be formated and to go to disc utilities. It isn't there. Tried rebooting? Please help? New iMac for Christmas
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Ensure that it's plugged in and powered on, and try a different USB port. If it still doesn't show up, contact the manufacturer or vendor.
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I've never heard of that brand but that shouldn't matter. Tell us a little about the EHD, is it a USB drive, Firewire or FW800? Also does it have it's own power supply?
Talked to apple and Hitachi (owns simpletech), my dirve is too old for Lion, looking inot purchasing a Thunderbolt drive, but the cost is several times that of a usb2 0r 3. Is it worth it?
If you are going to use the EHD as a storage drive for files or backups then Thunderbolt will provide the fastest performance possible. However you need a mid 2011 iMac to use it as these are the first iMac's to have Thunderbolt! I don't believe you have that new an iMac! The EHD's I normally suggest are:
All are similar in features and build quality. They all have Firewire & Firewire 800 connections which for pre-2011 iMac's is the quickest bus there is for EHD's. You need to check the specs on your iMac to see what connections it has. If you don't even have FW800 then while these EHD's would work fine they may be slight overkill however they will prepare you when you upgrade to a newer Mac.
Personally I own 4 of the LaCie's however any would be welcome on my desk. I have 3 daisy chained together via FW800 on one machine and the 4th is a TM backup for my MBA.
Will Simpletech 160g drive connect to a Windows machine? If yes, format it as Fat32. Very probable that it will connect on USB to your Mac with Lion
simpletech 160g external drive how to install, i have it plugged in but it does not show up in disc utilities?
