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Problem: The drive does not mount at all, and no error message appears on my screen when I connect the drive. Resolution: Use Apple's Disk Utility to locate, initialize, and mount the drive. Problem: The Macintosh OS displays the following message when I connect the drive to my system: "Unable to read volume-must initialize." Resolution: Your Mac OS does not recognize the drive format. Use Apple's Disk Utility to initialize the drive with a Mac OS Extended format. Portable External Hard Drive 21

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Portable External Hard Drive
Problem:
The drive does not
mount at all, and no error message
appears on my screen when I
connect the drive.
Resolution:
Use Apple’s
Disk Utility
to locate, initialize, and mount the
drive.
Problem:
The Macintosh OS
displays the following message
when I connect the drive to
my system: “Unable to read
volume—must initialize.”
Resolution:
Your Mac OS does
not recognize the drive format.
Use Apple’s
Disk Utility
to initialize
the drive with a Mac OS Extended
format.