Hi John, my understanding is that PC formatted disks do just appear
on the desktop, its always happened for me. USB 1 ports are going to
be slow, but it should still mount OK.
So, the question would be: what operating system are you using?
Have you tried all of the different ports on your computer?
Does the external drive have its own power, if not, you will probably
need to plug it into two USB ports, using two cables, in order to get
it to mount. This is so it can get enough power.
cheers, Susan.
On 31/08/2007, at 10:26 PM, Robert Howells wrote:
On 31/08/2007, at 8:20 PM, John Daniels wrote:
Thanks Bob
I bought the Maxtor 80GB today but cannot get my eMac to recognise
it at
all. The Installation Guide indicates that the connection is USB
2 whereas
the eMac I think has USB 1 ports. Would that prevent the
installation?
John D
JOhn,
Usually you should be able to drive it on USB1 , BUT , it will be
very slow !
And it would be better when plugged straight into the emac rather
than the keyboard .
You cannot get the eMac to recognise it ... but how have you tried ?
As I mentioned somewhere , it is highly likely that this is
formatted for PC ,
so it would not just appear on your desktop !
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