using external HDD (firewire 800) in windows via bootcamp

bimmerboii · 21 Apr 2008 at 15:29

Last night I installed windows ultimate 32bit on my mbp using bootcamp. Got everything working properly except for 1 thing.. windows does not detect my external hard disk drive (im using Wester Digital My Book Studio 750GB). Its connected via the firewire800. When I open "My Computer" the external drive doesnt even show up. Does windows support this type of connection? Or does windows only recognise usb?

bimmerboii · 21 Apr 2008 at 21:46

Will_3rd said:
what is the disk formatted to?

im not sure what the disk is formatted to..I didnt format it when i bought it. Just used it out of the box straight away.

how would i know which format is my hard drive in?
Also, any work around this?

bimmerboii · 22 Apr 2008 at 00:31

BillytheImpaler said:
Open up the disk utility in OS X, click on the partition on the disk, and look at the info printed to the bottom of the right pane. It's probably already "MS DOS file system" which is fat32. That'd be a good thing.

Is that what it says?

umm where do i find this disk utility? (sorry still new mac owner)

bimmerboii · 22 Apr 2008 at 00:43

it says: Format :Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

bimmerboii · 22 Apr 2008 at 00:55

cheers mate. that explains it. might look into buying macdrive as I have no extra space to transfer my files for a reformat