Want to add external hard drive

Should all ex. hard drives be recognized immediately? What if it is not? All usb ports work fine for everything else.

Hi:
They should.
I am assuming you have one that is just USB powered, or if you have one that is both USB and requires additional A/C power, that you know they are powered up correctly?
If you know your USB ports are working, most likely you have a defective external HDD.
If you connect it and the device is found, but needs drivers, then that is a different story. Most new external HDD's do not require anything but to plug it in to the USB port, and connect additional A/C power if required.
Paul

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Yea I'm just going to wait for a solution I like better. The easiest way would be for apple to have some kind of itunes server software. Theres no reason that my computer running itunes shouldn't be able to communicate with with hard drive wirelessly just as it would with a usb cable. Kind of like wireless itunes synching with my iphone.
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Hi,
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Rob422 wrote:
Where can i purchase a mounting kit and cable ( hard drive to mother board) to mount and hook up the 2nd hard drive?
Thanks for your time,
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What is better in terms of external hard drive connections? I have a home/office Verizon wireless network, MacBook Pro and G5s using Airport, with all peripherals connected via Ethernet to the router and want to add a hard drive. I am not sure if I should just connect a firewire hard drive to one desktop workstation? I also want to be able to be able to set up Time Machine, hopefully for my 3 workstations when I go to Leopard.
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Thanks so much.
Do you know what the issues are with network drives and Time Machine. Is it with the devices or with the actual software? If its the hardware are there types that work best?
I am trying to figure out how to set up my backup and storage situation on my network. I like your suggestion of using a Firewire drive cabled to my main Power G5 workstation and using file sharing for the other Macs. I have a wireless MacBook Pro and a G4 and another G3 connected to my Verizon router via Ethernet. So using your suggested setup, I should be able to have all computers access the LaCie drive connected to the G5. But I would like to use Time Machine for the laptop and the G5 since this is where most of my work is done.
What would you suggest? What I would like to end up with is one fast as possible drive for my music, video and pics that I can play and work off of. But I was also looking for some way to have some duplication and automation using TM that could also backup the ongoing graphic work in the office. I was thinking of connecting a Time Capsule or another brand of Ethernet connected drive to my network via a Ethernet switch I have dedicated for 2 network printers. I could keep the Firewire drive on my G5 or maybe connected it to the Ethernet connected drive and have TM backup everything. Am I overcomplicating this?

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Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Hi, and welcome to the forums.
Most USB drives should work fine. But there isn't much power on the USB port, so bus-powered drives must be connected via a powered hub.
And several folks have reported that larger drives, over about 750 GB, even if they have their own power, need a powered hub, too.
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I have a 250GB LaCie External Hard Drive plugged via FireWire into my Desktop and it is NOT working properly for the last 12-14 months. I have tried several things, including taking it to the store, and nothing seems to fix the problem. I even upgraded the RAM to 1.25 GB, but that did not solve this problem (I never thought this was the problem, but the guy at the Genius Bar suggested so). The most frustrating of all is that sometimes it works (20% of the time) and most of the time it is just not working. Also, when I use it with my MacBook, it works just fine, so this gives me a little bit of a clue that the problem is the desktop, not the Hard Drive, this is why I did not buy a new HDrive, and this is why I am asking help here. (By the way, when I try to eject the LaCie from my Desktop, it says it can't be done because the disk is in use -which I know is not)
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When I try to open files from the LaCie, it is fine as long as it is a jpeg or a .doc file. MP3 files won't open, and an error will show like this: Disk could not be read from or written to. I can drag files from LaCie to my dektop, but again, only .doc or .jpeg files.
In regards to the Time Machine, I completely gave that up. It would not back up, it would freeze the computer ... I really don't care about that, really. All I want is my External Hard Drive to be able to save my mp3 files safely, since I have thousands of files in mp3 format.
I tried to use Disk Utility to verify and/or repair de disk, but I was not successful with that either. When repairing, after not even a minute it says "Disk could not be unmounted". When trying to verify, it would say "Filesystem verify or repair failed".
I am DESPERATELY asking for help. I am just a regular guy with few computer knowledge. I just want my Apple to work, that is why I use Apple and not PC. But I need someone who could give me advice on how to fix this problem.
Thank YOU very much!

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My desktop has two FireWire ports. In the first one I had my webcam plugged in. In the second one, the External Hard Drive. I unplugged the camera and used the first port for my External HDrive and now it works! So it seems the problem is a hardware problem with the port.
I'd check to see if the problem returns when you plug the camera back into the second port, or if the drive works in the original port when the camera is not connected.
Edit: Maybe you unplugged the problem, when you unplugged the camera?
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