Error message when connecting external hdd.....NTFS 3G error.

Question

Im receiving the following error message when trying to connect a Clickfree portable hdd.
I am also recieving the message when connecting a WD portable hdd that was previously working
before installing the Clickfree hdd.....
NTFS-3G
Could not mount /dev/disk2s1 at volumes/CF storage because
the following problems occurred.
/Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/support/fusefs.kext failed to load (libkern/kext) link error
Check the sys kernal logs for errors or try kextutil (8).  The MacFuse file sys is not available (71)"
I am trying to install it on a mac OS X 10.6.8
Can anyone help please?
thanks

Answer 1

Regarding uninstalling, this is from the FAQ on the MacFuse site (http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/wiki/FAQ):
Q 2.3. How can I uninstall MacFUSE?
A: Launch the Mac OS X System Preferences application and go to the MacFUSE preference pane. Click on the "Remove MacFUSE" button. This will uninstall all MacFUSE components except the preference pane itself.
You can keep the MacFUSE preference pane around should you decide to install MacFUSE again in the future. If you do wish to remove it, you do it just like how you would remove any other non-Apple preference pane: In System Preferences, control-click (right-click) on the MacFUSE icon and you will see "Remove ..." as an action.
Only if you had the "Show Beta Versions" button checked in the MacFUSE prefpane, you'll have a property list (plist) file remaining at this point:/Library/Preferences/com.google.macfuse.plist. To remove it, you should uncheck the button before you remove the prefpane as described above.
Note that an official (correct) MacFUSE installation will have a preference pane if you have MacFUSE 2.0 or later installed. If you have an older version of MacFUSE, you can uninstall as follows.
The other thing you can do if you're having problems is go into System Preferences and there should be an icon for MacFuse.  By going into that there may be an option to disable it.  If so, do that first before attempting to uninstall and try mounting your drives again.