HT204057 problems connecting an external hard drive to Time Capsule

I have a 2,5 multimedia hard drive connected to my brand new time capsule. But I can't access to the external hard drive from the iMac.
I can't access neither to the Time capsule data disk nor the external hard drive from my portable windows 7 computer.
Is there any restricction applying to the format of the hard drives?
Any clue how to configure the network in windows to access to the Time Capsule?

USB hard drives, attached to an AirPort Extreme or Time Capsule, work best when formatted as HFS+. Those formatted in FAT32 will work as well. Drives formatted in NTFS or ExFAT will not work.
When properly shared out, this drive can be accessed from both Macs and PCs, as well as, Linux-based computers. For PCs, this drive is considered a network drive and accessing it would be the same.

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    1. No.
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  • Move data from external hard drive to time capsule

    I want to move data from my external USB hard drive to time capsule.
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    maxxxx wrote:
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  • Problems connecting to External Hard Drives

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  • HELP - problems setting up External Hard Drive to Time machine

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    What is it you are trying to do? Do you want to change the backup drive from the one you have been using to another drive? That's all you can do. If you have a drive set up as the TM backup drive, you cannot designate another drive as the backup drive unless you disable the existing backup drive. TM cannot backup to more than one drive at a time, and TM cannot span backups across multiple drives.
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    1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder. If you need to reformat your startup volume, then you must boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger or Leopard.)
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    4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
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  • Connect External Hard Drive to Time Capsule?

    Hi,
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    From wikipedia :
    HFS Plus or HFS+ is a file system developed by Apple Inc. to replace their Hierarchical File System (HFS) as the primary file system used in Macintosh computers (or other systems running Mac OS). It is also one of the formats used by the iPod digital music player. HFS Plus is also referred to as Mac OS Extended (or, erroneously, “HFS Extended”), where its predecessor, HFS, is also referred to as Mac OS Standard (or, erroneously, as “HFS Standard”). During development, Apple referred to this filesystem with the codename Sequoia
    I believe you want the "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)"
    Message was edited by: CantStandVista

  • How does an external hard drive compliment Time Capsule?

    Hi, I am relatively new to iMac and time capsule. I am a novice computer and Mac user so things have to be simple. I have been reading a number of threads in the forums gleaning as much information as I can. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
    My iMac is running OS 10.6.4 with a 313 GB HD and my time capsule is 500 GB. I purchased my first iMac 2 years ago. Shortly thereafter I decided that I needed to be backing up files that I have been creating and building especially my photos and music files so I purchased a time capsule which I have been using as an external hard drive not as a wireless router. It is hard wired to my Mac. I use another wireless network. I have used Time Machine a few times and it has worked well for me. So far this simple set up has met my needs.
    Just recently I got two error messages, one that "Your startup disk is full." and "The disk containing your iPhoto library is running low on space.
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    Does Time Machine only work with Time Capsule or will it work with other external hard drives? The folks at my Apple store tell me that Time Capsule can be used just to store data but I have heard otherwise in the forums. How would an additional external hard drive will work with Time Capsule? What is the difference is between USB and firewire? Is it possible to open files stored on the Time Capsule to see exactly what they are?
    I do realize that Time Capsule only backs up new files and any changes so I wonder how long I can continue with this arrangement.

    curious r wrote:
    Does Time Machine only work with Time Capsule or will it work with other external hard drives?
    Yes, Time Machine works with external HDs. That's how most folks back up. Connecting directly via USB or FireWire is much faster then Ethernet, but you're right -- all disk drives fail, sooner or later.
    The folks at my Apple store tell me that Time Capsule can be used just to store data but I have heard otherwise in the forums.
    It can be used for Time Machine backups and other things, but trying to use the same one for both presents problems, because of the way Time Machine works (filling-up all the available space before deleting the oldest backups) and the fact that you can't partition a Time Capsule's internal HD to separate your backups from the other data. Plus, you can't back up the other data.
    How would an additional external hard drive will work with Time Capsule?
    It won't extend the TC's internal HD -- backups can't "span" the two. In your setup, you'd be much better off connecting an external HD directly to your iMac. The advantage of a TC is, since it includes a wireless router, you can use it to make a wireless network and do backups wirelessly. That's what a lot of laptop owners do.
    What is the difference is between USB and firewire?
    FireWire is faster and more reliable for large amounts of data transfer. It also requires less use of your Mac's CPU, since the FireWire chipset does some of the work that your CPU has to do with USB.
    Is it possible to open files stored on the Time Capsule to see exactly what they are?
    Yes. Files you put there (other than Time Machine backups) are just like files on any other disk.
    I do realize that Time Capsule only backs up new files and any changes so I wonder how long I can continue with this arrangement.
    Yes, that's a concern. It varies greatly depending on how you use your Mac, but our general "rule of thumb" is that it needs 2-3 times the size of the data it's backing-up.
    There's another consideration: Time Machine can back up FROM your internal HD and external HDs that are directly connected via USB or FireWire (if they're formatted for a Mac), but it cannot back up from any network drive, including a TC's internal HD or a USB drive connected to it. So if you move some data from your internal HD to an external HD connected to the TC, you'll need some other way to back it up.
    Forgive me, but I'm not sure why you have a Time Capsule in your setup, if I understand it correctly. You have one iMac, no laptops or other computers, and you use a different router for your network, right?
    Your best bet may be to get one external HD for the "overflow" of things you don't have room for on your iMac's internal HD, and another, much larger one, for Time Machine backups of both.
    I'll press my luck here and also suggest yet another external HD, perhaps a portable, for "secondary" backups. With a portable, you can take it to a secure off-site location, such as your safe deposit box, workplace, relative's house, etc., and also be protected against fire, flood, theft, direct lightning strike on your power lines, etc. See #27 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] for more.

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