"The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer". how to solve this problem?

"The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." this message  apear on my imac any idea how to solve this problem?

It means the disc is not in a format your computer can read or it is not formatted at all. You can remove the disc or you can attempt to format the disc. If the disc has data on it, then I would not format it.

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    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
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  • WD external Hard Drive comes up with "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer."

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    I've been getting the error message "The disk you inserted was not readable by the computer". I can't open system preferences, disk utility, or Time Machine. I'm guessing it has something to do with my external hard drive, although it hasn't been touched lately, but I can't figure out how to solve the problem. Any suggestions? Thank you!

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  • External HDD: "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"

    Hi,
    I have an external drive with important data on it (there is a backup, but there is also some non-backuped data as well...). I cannot access the external drive because I receive a "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer" message connecting it. I was wondering, if you have some advice on how to get my data back?
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    What happened?: I was copying files to the external drive. I the middle of it, I received a message complaining I that assumedly ejected the drive by pulling the USB cable out instead of properly ejecting it software-side (I did not do this). The drive symbol was gone. Now, I plug the drive out an reconnected it. The drive symbol showed up again. I continued copying files on the drive, but after some 30 seconds, I received the same error message again. One more time, I disconnected and reconnected the drive - this time to another USB port. The drive showed up, but I was not able to copy files on it (I am using muCommander, it just kept showing 0kb progress). I restarted the Mac. Since then I am getting the "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." The drive symbol does not show up anymore.
    I was googling the problem: in one forum there was a suggestion to click "initialize drive" and than to "repair" in DiscUtility. I clicked initialize drive and the drive is shown in DiscUtility, but "repair" and "verify" are greyed out. I read more posts on it, one posts suggested NOT to click initialize because that means format in Mac OS language (btw: ***, why is it not called format).
    That is the situation at the moment. What is the best - if there is - way to get my data back? DiscWarrior?
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    "Initializing" a drive has been normal computer terminology for decades.  "Formatting" generally referred to the high-level preparation also called "erasing."  None of this is "Mac OS language."
    Disk Warrior will not likely fix the problem you have.  DW can repair a damaged directory, but your error suggests an even worse problem of directory corruption.  I suggest you try using DW if you have it.  Visit the Alsoft site to determine the limitations and usage of the version you have.  It may not be able to boot your computer depending upon what version of DW you have and how new your computer is.
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    Basics of File Recovery
    Files in Trash
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    If you empty the Trash the files are gone. If a program does an immediate delete rather than moving files to the Trash, then the files are gone.  Recovery is possible but you must not allow any additional writes to the hard drive - shut it down. When files are deleted only the directory entries, not the files themselves, is modified. The space occupied by the files has been returned to the system as available for storage, but the files are still on the drive. Writing to the drive will then eventually overwrite the space once occupied by the deleted files in which case the files are lost permanently. Also if you save a file over an existing file of the same name, then the old file is overwritten and cannot be recovered.
    General File Recovery
    If you stop using the drive it's possible to recover deleted files that have not been overwritten by using recovery software such as Data Rescue II, File Salvage or TechTool Pro.  Each of the preceding come on bootable CDs to enable usage without risk of writing more data to the hard drive.  Two free alternatives are Disk Drill and TestDisk.  Look for them and demos at MacUpdate or CNET Downloads.
    The longer the hard drive remains in use and data are written to it, the greater the risk your deleted files will be overwritten.
    Also visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on Data Recovery.

  • External Drive: The Disk You Inserted Was Not Readable By This Computer

    I have a 2TB Western Digital external drive that I've been using for a year or two as my backup for my Aperture libraries.  Been working fine until now, I get the "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer."  Clicking "Initialize" takes me to disk utility with no usable options.  Whatdoido?!
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    I had this exact issue with my external harddrive, I scrolled forums and did what they said and nothing, then I just happened to be in the app store and thought I would search for data recovery, a few came up and only a couple had ratings so I looked at Data Rescue 3, its £40 so I went ot their website for the trial version, downloaded and installed that, tried it and rescued a random file (limits obvioulsy on the trial verison) and it worked so paid the £40 and am currently saving all my files to another external harddrive.
    Try out the trial first and if it works on one file i reccomend the the full program!
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  • Keep getting a "the disk you inserted was not readable by this computer" when I insert my printer cord into either USB port.  Recently installed a portable hard drive for back up purposes.  Related?

    Keep getting a "the disk you inserted was not readable by this computer" when I insert my printer cord into either USB port.  Recently installed a portable hard drive for back up purposes.  Related?

    Does your printer have a slot for an SD card?  Is there are card in the slot?  If so, the computer is trying to mount that card as an external device.  It might be corrupted so that it can't be read.

  • "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer" on NTFS ext HDD

    I have spent hours trying to find a solution to this problem, but alas - nothing really useful came up. Therefore I now turn to you, Discussions - you're my only hope!
    And to the case:
    I just got a brand new shiny and aluminiy MacBook Pro a couple of weeks back, and since my last laptop was a PC, I have been very content ever since switching.
    However, this week I bought a new Lacie 2TB external HDD (also shiny) and backed up a lot of stuff from my Windows days.
    I partitioned it in Windows and made two NTFS partitions (approx. 1.8TB + 200GB). It was not an option for me to partition it to HFS, as I need it to exchange files between my Mac (using ntfs-3g) and my (and other) Windows computers (and a lot of files exceed the FAT32 file size limit).
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    It still, however, works fine on my Windows computers. I also have the 1TB version of the same Lacie HDD also with two NTFS formatted partitions, and that drive shows up nicely on my MBP.
    Does anyone know how/have an idea on how/have a magic potion to fix this?
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    - I have also tried booting Snow Leopard in 32bit kernel mode (as someone presumably had that help earlier) but with no luck.
    - I've connected it both via USB and FW. Same problem.
    - I've installed and later uninstalled NTFS-3g and MacFuse - no change.
    - And as mentioned I've connected it to my PowerMac G5 (w. Leopard), that also couldn't read it properly.
    It is not an option for me to reformat it right now, as I have nowhere to back up that drive (and buying another new external drive is out of the question, as I semi-accidentally spent all my money on the new MBP ).
    Anyone helping me solve this issue will receive 10 units of my deepest gratitudes (and maybe a couple of muffins, should the person drop by some time).
    Thanks in advance.

    Well it seems to work somewhat now, after some playing around.
    And here's what I did:
    - I downloaded the bootable System Rescue CD
    - I booted it up from my PC. And entered the TestDisk utility, where I resaved the partition table (even though it already showed up fine). (If you don't have an extra PC to boot from, the TestDisk utility can also be installed on Mac OS, I just don't have the skills to do that).
    - Tadaa! Now I was able to read the disk and its two partitions (one NTFS and one exFAT) on my MacBook! But... When I plugged the external drive into my PC again it didn't show up anything, and in the disk manager, it detected the drive structure as being all unallocated space.
    Upon plugging it into my Mac again, it once again showed my old fiend, the "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer" error. Sigh.
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    I won't mark this issue as solved just yet, as I will need to see if it lasts. Also it's not really a lasting solution to be forced to boot into 32-bit mode, so I'll have to see if there's another way at some point.
    Message was edited by: Nilfisken

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