Iomega 320GB eGo FireWire/USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive, Mac Edition

Hi, can I use the above drive for time machine? thanks, marek

Hi JordyT,
I have not heard of this error before and I am not exactly sure what the cause would be. What file system is the external drive formatted to and what operating system are you using? Have you tried running Disk Utility on the hard drive? Is it possible to try on another computer perhaps?
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