Can not recognise HDD HELP!!!!
 

My new external hard drives cant be recognized by my mac

i get the message

Disk Insertion

The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer

Initialize ignore eject

what do i do it is supposed to be plug & play

the unit is

http://www.epowermac.com.au/shop/pc/...2-427p1198.htm

please help the shop is closed till monday

Rob

IGNORE!

Power everything down and try again.

If that doesn't work, power the computer up first, THEN the drive and see if that works. Every so often I get that error but usually with my iPod shuffle.

If you're creating a RAID and it was never initialized then of course it won't be readable. You'll need to initialize it (format) it. Make sure how the hardware has been setup; is it a "hardware" RAID where the controller in the box is creating the RAID or are you doing it in software? This make a difference in how you'll have to format the drives.

If you're unsure how to do this, get the people you purchase the unit from on the phone and have them walk you through the process.

My bad. I'm not sure what I was thinking. Robert of course is right. I missed the "new" and "RAID" discussion.

the box is making the raid not the software in the computer

I have clicked on initialize and it is there all 935gig but what now

I fixed it

I clicked on erase and that was it verified it all ok

Transferiing some data to check if the raid 1 is working ok

40gigs in under 10min i think thats great