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Fixes to ‘The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer’ error #1. Plug in Different Device to Mac. #2. Check File System of Inserted Disk. #3. Repair Unreadble Disk with Disk Utility. #4. Initialize Disk and Recover Data. Aug 11, 2021
The most common reason why Mac doesn’t read your drive is because the drive is formatted as NTFS. Because macOS doesn’t have native read/write support, you’ll need to convert NTFS to another compatible format. An even easier way is to install iBoysoft NTFS for Mac, a handy app that makes . . . Read more
Step 1: Go > Utilities > Disk Utility. Step 2: Select the external hard drive you want to repair in the left sidebar. Step 3: Click First Aid on the top and click "Run" to repair this external hard drive.
Go to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. Select the unreadable drive and choose Erase from the menu on the top side. Arrange a name for the drive and choose a suitable format for the drive. Then, click on the Erase button to continue.
How to Boot from an External Device on Restart with Mac Boot Manager Connect the external drive or device to the Mac. Reboot the Mac and after the startup chime hold down the OPTION key during boot until you see the boot selection menu. Click the external volume to boot . . . Read more
The “Disk structure is corrupted and unreadable” error occurs when a hard disk has a corrupted partition. When that happens, Windows can’t access the corrupted partition and open its files. While the error is more common in external disk drives, it can also occur with internal HDDs.
How to format an external drive in OS X Connect the drive to the Mac. Open Disk Utility. … Select the drive you want to format. Click Erase. Give the drive a descriptive name and leave the default settings: OS X Extended format and GUID partition map. … Click Erase . . . Read more
How to fix an external hard drive without formatting? Press Windows Key + S and search for Command Prompt. … Type CHKDSK E: /F /R /X and press Enter (replace “E:” with your own drive letter). When the scan is finished, you’ll see a screen that details how many issues . . . Read more
How to reformat an external drive on Mac Connect your external drive to your Mac. Open Disk Utility. … Select the external drive under the External Drive subheading on the left-hand side. … When you’re ready, hit the Erase button. Enter the name of the drive and select the format . . . Read more
If you want to format your external hard drive to work with Mac and Windows computers, you should use exFAT.