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I try to back up an external firewire disk in addition to my internal MBP system disk. The external drive is Mac OS extended formatted (at least that´s what disk utility tells me) but journaling is off. Time machine doesn´t recognise the disk, is this due to the fact that journaling is off? Can I just switch lournaling on (using Cocktail or disc utility) or will I have to reformat the drive?
Thanks for your help
Best regards
Wolfgang F.

Actually, after checking again (the drive I wanted to backup wasn´t appearing in the TM list at all) I realised that the directory information was corrupted. I repaired it using TechTols and now it appears in the TM list so that I can include it in for the backup process. As you said, it has nothing to do with journaling being on or of it only has to be HFS+ formatted.
Thanks very much for your help
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