rct2guy
New Member
I was recently given an external hard drive (a LeCie enclosure, but it looks to be running a Maxtor inside) to take files off of and edit on my PC. The person who gave it to me primarily uses Mac computers. When I plugged the drive into my computer (via USB), it was not recognized as a drive. While Device Manager sees it, and I can see it under Disk Management, it appears unallocated, and does not show up under My Computer. My guess is that it's formatted with a different file system that Windows likely doesn't support.
My question is, is there any way to go about using this hard drive, without losing any of the files? Am I correct in saying that there is an alternate file system, or is there another problem here? Any ideas?
My question is, is there any way to go about using this hard drive, without losing any of the files? Am I correct in saying that there is an alternate file system, or is there another problem here? Any ideas?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-2500k (LGA 1155)
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
- Memory
- 8GB (4GB x2) Corsair 1600MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA NVIDIA GTX 570
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ASUS VG248QE, Dell E173FP
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080, 1280x1024
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 1.3TB, 5200 RPM
- PSU
- Antec 620w
- Case
- Bit Fēnix Survivor
- Cooling
- Bit Fēnix Specter (x2)
- Keyboard
- Logitech MX 5500
- Mouse
- Razer DeathAdder Chroma
- Internet Speed
- 95 MB/s
- Browser
- Google Chrome
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender, Malwarebytes