Friday, September 17, 2010

Why doesn't my laptop authorize 2 external hardrives at impossible to tell apart time?

im on an 3 yr dated mac g4...it wont recognize 2 external hardrives contained by the 2 usb ports, it only recognize one. is this always the covering or could there be something wrong near my ports? any help would be greatly appreciated. gratitude!

Why doesn't my laptop authorize 2 external hardrives at impossible to tell apart time?

Are the external hard disks USB powered? If so, I cogitate this may be a power limitation issue. Try using a powered USB hub.



If they are *not* USB powered, later maybe both drives hold the same volume designation?



Head into Disk Utility and wipe the disks, using Mac HFS+ format, and rename them. See if that helps!



Best of luck



Paul B.

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