Beyond HD-337-U2C hard drive

wyobwilliams · 12-20-2008, 02:58 PM

I have a Beyond HD-337-U2C external hard drive that was formatted to run on an Apple. I would like to now use it on my PC. Is there a way to format it to my PC or am I just out of luck? Is so, how? Thank you

**simpswr** · 12-20-2008, 03:29 PM

and welcome to the Forum

As long as there is no data you cherish, Right click on the drive in Disk Management and select Format

wyobwilliams · 12-20-2008, 10:29 PM

Rich, thanks for the reply and for the welcome.

The problem is that the drive does not show up in my computer. It shows up as hooked up through USB but does not say what is hooked up and certainly does not show the drive there. I was thinking that it did not show up there because it was formatted originally through OSx and not windows but I am not sure what the reason is. Any thoughts on how to get it to show up and then format it? It is totally worthless to me right now. Thanks

**simpswr** · 12-21-2008, 07:10 AM

Does it show in Disk Management? Right click on My COmputer . . select Manage . . Disk Management . . look in the boxes in the lower right for the drive

wyobwilliams · 12-23-2008, 06:19 PM

Yes, it does show up there. Thanks. Now how do I format that disk? It says something about initialize. What does that do? Thank you for your help. Merry Christmas. Brett

**simpswr** · 12-23-2008, 06:24 PM

Right click on the drive . . select Initialize . . then format . . after that you should be able to see it in my Computer and use it

wyobwilliams · 12-23-2008, 06:54 PM

I followed your directions and hit initialize but it did not show format. I am not sure what it did but the computer still does not show it under My Computer and I can still not access it. I can still see it under disk management but now it does not offer the initialize option. Any thoughts? Thanks

**simpswr** · 12-24-2008, 06:51 AM

Right click on the drive in the right panel . . different from where you initialized it

wyobwilliams · 12-24-2008, 08:06 PM

Thank you so much for your patience and instructions. I now have a working drive thanks to you. I really appreciate it. Merry Christmas.

**simpswr** · 12-25-2008, 05:23 AM

Well done!!!

You can mark this thread as solved by clicking on the Thread Tools link in your first post . .

12-20-2008, 02:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
wyobwilliams Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Windows Vista home	Beyond HD-337-U2C hard drive I have a Beyond HD-337-U2C external hard drive that was formatted to run on an Apple. I would like to now use it on my PC. Is there a way to format it to my PC or am I just out of luck? Is so, how? Thank you

12-20-2008, 03:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 8,950 OS: XP, Vista	Re: Beyond HD-337-U2C hard drive and welcome to the Forum As long as there is no data you cherish, Right click on the drive in Disk Management and select Format __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help \| How to Post a Screen shot \| PC running slow?]

12-20-2008, 10:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
wyobwilliams Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Windows Vista home	Re: Beyond HD-337-U2C hard drive Rich, thanks for the reply and for the welcome. The problem is that the drive does not show up in my computer. It shows up as hooked up through USB but does not say what is hooked up and certainly does not show the drive there. I was thinking that it did not show up there because it was formatted originally through OSx and not windows but I am not sure what the reason is. Any thoughts on how to get it to show up and then format it? It is totally worthless to me right now. Thanks

12-21-2008, 07:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 8,950 OS: XP, Vista	Re: Beyond HD-337-U2C hard drive Does it show in Disk Management? Right click on *My COmputer* . . select *Manage* . . *Disk Management* . . look in the boxes in the lower right for the drive __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help \| How to Post a Screen shot \| PC running slow?]

12-23-2008, 06:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
wyobwilliams Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Windows Vista home	Re: Beyond HD-337-U2C hard drive Yes, it does show up there. Thanks. Now how do I format that disk? It says something about initialize. What does that do? Thank you for your help. Merry Christmas. Brett

12-23-2008, 06:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 8,950 OS: XP, Vista	Re: Beyond HD-337-U2C hard drive *Right click* on the drive . . select *Initialize* . . then *format* . . after that you should be able to see it in my Computer and use it __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help \| How to Post a Screen shot \| PC running slow?]

12-23-2008, 06:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
wyobwilliams Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Windows Vista home	Re: Beyond HD-337-U2C hard drive I followed your directions and hit initialize but it did not show format. I am not sure what it did but the computer still does not show it under My Computer and I can still not access it. I can still see it under disk management but now it does not offer the initialize option. Any thoughts? Thanks

12-24-2008, 06:51 AM	#8 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 8,950 OS: XP, Vista	Re: Beyond HD-337-U2C hard drive Right click on the drive in the right panel . . different from where you initialized it __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help \| How to Post a Screen shot \| PC running slow?]

12-24-2008, 08:06 PM	#9 (permalink)
wyobwilliams Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Windows Vista home	Re: Beyond HD-337-U2C hard drive Thank you so much for your patience and instructions. I now have a working drive thanks to you. I really appreciate it. Merry Christmas.

12-25-2008, 05:23 AM	#10 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 8,950 OS: XP, Vista	Re: Beyond HD-337-U2C hard drive Well done!!! You can mark this thread as solved by clicking on the *Thread Tools* link in your first post . . __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help \| How to Post a Screen shot \| PC running slow?]