i want to add verbatum external hard drive. I think connected it and the grren light came on, something fell and it got disconnected. I restarted but how do you know if it's working? the green light is on and sometimes flashes, the instructions on

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i want to add verbatum external hard drive. I think connected it and the grren light came on, something fell and it got disconnected. I restarted but how do you know if it's working? the green light is on and sometimes flashes, the instructions on

I have an external hard drive that I used with my mini mac. I want to use it on my MacBookPro. I plugged it in found it on my computer, it flashes seemed okay until it tipped over and came unplugged to the computer. I set it back up turned it on and the grren light sometimes flashes. I read an article that said I needed to format the drive, I followed instructions and did that. I will download tomorrow my pictures.

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How do I know if this is working

does it record everything on your computer?

How do I see what is there? on the drive

confused please direct me to help

thanks

kathy

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.7), epson stylis NX420

Posted on Sep 15, 2012 6:21 PM

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Answer 1

macjack

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Sep 15, 2012 6:30 PM in response to kathleenfromashburn

You can copy some data to the drive and copy it back to see if it's working. That's very basic...

You can also download Drive Genuis and run some tests in demo mode without buying it.

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Answer 2

Sep 16, 2012 4:25 PM in response to macjack

it may be very basic but I still don't get it, the instructions are basic too so I'm sure I'm missing some thing here.i don't know how to copy data and copy it back

I don't see any indicaters to do so. I'll try again, , it's on a laptop and I don't want it connected all the time, just to secure some images.

how do i copyu...

maybe I'll try a 'zip' drive instead?? But I don't understand them either, hard to be a dunce.

and by the way, my computer has been freezing up on me lately had to turn it off and on, what have i done to it!!

I just connected it again and it shows as a number22but nothing happens when I click on it...shouldn't something happen here? It seems to be empty as well as it should since I followed instructions on formatting. so what now?

This is trying your patience I'm sure,you may just forget about helping me I just don't have a clue

but if you can help, I am listening.

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Answer 3

macjack

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Sep 16, 2012 4:37 PM in response to kathleenfromashburn

To copy files from one drive to another just drag them.

kathleenfromashburn wrote:

and by the way, my computer has been freezing up on me lately had to turn it off and on, what have i done to it!!

I just connected it again and it shows as a number22but nothing happens when I click on it...shouldn't something happen here?

EDIT: If your Mac is freezing up shut it down and disconnect the drive and test. See if it still behaves that way. I have no idea what a #22 is, can you better explain exactly what you see on the screen and what size it is. Also is it against a black screen with a flashing prompt?

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