wilzax Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Hi, I have 3 x WD 1TB drives. One with win7, another with snow leopard and another as just simple storage. In win7 it detects everything no problem, but in mac it doesn't detect my storage hard drive. Any ideas on how to get it to detect? Im using: Intel i7 920 Gigabyte x58-ud7 4GB DDR Ram Gigabyte 9800 GTX+ 1G Thanx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.14r2 Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 What is the file system of the storage hard drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilzax Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 What is the file system of the storage hard drive? Hi, its ntfs. so is windows but i cant figure out why it wont see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.14r2 Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Does it detects Windows 7 drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilzax Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 yep sees windows fine, im puzzled? the only thing i can maybe think of is that osx86 might not be detecting that drive on the sata port im using for it. but i was hoping there may be another alternative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.14r2 Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 yep sees windows fine, im puzzled? the only thing i can maybe think of is that osx86 might not be detecting that drive on the sata port im using for it. but i was hoping there may be another alternative. Well... Maybe. Connect Win 7 disk to the port storage disk is connected to and vice versa. This will show who is to blame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynosure1023 Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I was having the same issue. Try downloading "Gparted" and then fromat the drive you want to install mac osx on to Fat32. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilzax Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 my suspicions were correct, i had my storage drive plugged into the sata3 port.. plugged it into a sata 2 port and its now detected! thanx heaps for your help though guys, much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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