Just started doing backup with the WD 1TB, Firewire 800....
Directly can detect by Mac & windows without any formatting ..
Can use password to lock the HDD.

Firewire transferring speed is pretty fast..

mememe12,

"WD Mybook Studio 1.0TB WDBAAJ0010HSL RM 439"


LYP, Jayacom - RM407 now.. U can try to bargain for a little lower with luck.

Last week i went Jayacom. Price was at RM430. After the pc fair, the price came closer to RM400. Best price i found in PC Fair is RM410. I didn't bought it cause my budget is around RM350 for the Seagate Free Agent Desktop.

THe WD is quiet... Lovely... I just hope the HDD casing could be more sturdy. Its easy get dented with little bump onto the edge of the case.

SG freeagent desktop have firewire model. But i not sure it is FW 400 or 800. Best price is at Viewnet.. RM369.. Out of stock now.

I couldn't found it in LYP. So, i ended up with WD instead.

This post has been edited by dinodog_Jr: Apr 22 2010, 10:59 AM

Guys,

I need to clarify a mistake in my previous post bout 1TB HDD format.
It is HFSJ format.
Please take note. paiseh~~

I wrote it can be detected in Windows. Cause i am using bootcamp 3.0. It can detected HFSJ automatically.

Today i plugged the WD HDD into my office PC with XP and found out cannot shown the WD HDD icon. Scratching my head all day long.

Until now realize that the format is for Mac only.
Quickly installed Macdrive which can read my files out of the HDD in windows XP now.

Thanx for the Option 3. i need to re-backup my stuff and do 2 partitions as well.

This post has been edited by dinodog_Jr: Apr 24 2010, 12:56 AM

Guys,

I have a situation with my WD ext HDD here..
I had did the backup in HFSJ-ready WD HDD. Everything can be read/write in Windows OS after installed Macdrive.

After that, i created a NTFS partition in Windows XP with Partition Magic8.
*There is no format i did during this NTFS partition*
Just the normal process of create logical drive for new partition in the HDD.

Now the HFSJ is gone. And Macdrive couldn't detect the partition as well.


Reason i created the NTFS partition is to make the Ext HDD readable in any Windows PC without installing Macdrive.

Now the HFSJ become unreadable in Windows & Mac OS. All my backup data is still there and labelled as "unallocated" in Windows Disk Management.

Any suggestion how to revive my HFSJ?
I am thinking to delete the NTFS drive i had created. So, i can "return" the whole HDD to HFSJ format?!

Please help. Thanx~!

I had gave extra 100GB to my around 250GB backup data out of my laptop.
About 390GB is recognized as "Unallocated" in WIndows Disk Management.

Too bad, there is no way i can view the "unallocated" partition under Mac OS.
It seems i gonna lost all my data like that..haha...Supposed the 1TB HDD is to save my data. Now it end up gone-case.



Tarvalslain87,

Yeah after i done everything. And i googled thru quite a few of different forums for solutions. I didn't know it can be so complex to make partition to workable in Mac OS & Windows.

So far, what i read is better to do partition under Mac OS X- Disk Utility.

*There are only 930GB space available for the 1TB WD EXT HDD. Around 630mb is the WD software CD *

Too bad, i moved out the files from laptop to the Ext. HDD.. haha..

I will check Drive Genius.

I had installed Disk Warrior in the Mac OS. It can not do anything to the missing "unallocated". haha..

Wonder Disk Warrior can rescue the "unallocated"?!