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Title: Mac Users Information
Review: I purchased this item to be able to use some hard drives from a couple of old PC's as external drives on a Mac. After reading all of the reviews I finally pieced together how to use this drive successfully.The first drive I tried was a 2.5" Hitachi 40GB that came out of a Dell laptop. It was plug and play and worked immediately (i'm running Snow Leopard). I was able to mount the drive and using Disc Utility reformat it without a hitch.The second drive that I tried was a Western Digital 80GB drive that I actually pulled out of a broken Tivo recorder. After trying every way possible I finally figured out a sequence to get it mounted. The jumper must be in the CS (Cable Select) position first. Then plug the USB cable in to the computer, then power up the external drive with supplied cable (computer was on during all of this). Immediately I was given a warning that drive was not compatible and Disc Utility opened to erase and format. Drive works great now.
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