Hello there, I had issues with my external drive as well, when I first got it. I got this utility. ntfsmac_trial The problem with copying to and from said drive vanished like that. Lost nothing from said drive. Angie Jan 22, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Scott Davert <scottslistmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is there any way to not lose my data on an exteranal HD and use it on > a Mac with something that is currently formatted in fat 32? > > Thanks! > Scott > > On 1/22/13, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Is the drive showing up in disk utility? If so, go into disk utility and >> select it and find out what kind of partition it has. You may have to select >> the "partition tab to show this. But don't do any repartitioning if there is >> stuff on the drive you need to keep because repartitioning will erase >> everything. I think what David means by "what is the history" is "what kind >> of computer was it being used on before" and "what does it now have on it?" >> >> -- >> Cheryl >> >> May the words of my mouth >> and the meditation of my heart >> be acceptable to You, Lord, >> my rock and my Redeemer. >> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >> >> >> >> On Jan 22, 2013, at 8:03 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >>> what is the history of the drive? >>> >>> On Jan 21, 2013, at 11:15 PM, Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, all. I have an external hard drive onto which I cannot copy files >>> from the mac, nor can I copy from the drive to the mac. What do I require >>> to make this drive readable? Thanks and have a great day.************ >>> >>> >>> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >>> >>> >>> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >>> their list subscription is: >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >>> >>> The list archive is located at >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >>> >>> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >>> >>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jonnie Appleseed >>> with his >>> Hands-On Technologeye(s) >>> touching the internet >>> Reducing technologys' disabilities >>> one byte at a time >>> >>> ************ >>> >>> >>> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >>> >>> >>> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes >>> to their list subscription is: >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >>> >>> The list archive is located at >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >>> >>> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >>> >>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >> >> ************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >> their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx