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Also you will not feel the slight vibration of the disk spinning.

These are two easy ways to confirm its power and not configuration.

I have the WD Passport Studio which has USB2 and FW800 and on my old PBG4 it could not deliver enough power to the drive on USB and it would click once every 1-2 seconds forever.

Thats why I bought the FW800 drive because I connect it on FW and have no power problems.

Power really should not be an issue on most computers, I think my PBG4 was in the minority that it could not power the drive via USB.

Desktop computers especially they should have no difficulties powering the drive via USB.

Conclusion: not enough power, Id say Solution: Special cable or buy another hard drive.

He bought the macbook pro 2.4 there.

When he comes back, can I contact you using private message I didnt know about that partition map at all.

Under either Advanced or Options (I forgot which one, as Im on a XP right now, I cant check) and choose Master Boot Record (MBR).

So it may or may not help, but its something to try before looking for that power cable.

I heard some stories once about people jumpstarting the drive either over FW or 2 USBs, then quickly changing the cable to a standard USB cable.

If done quickly, the drive will still be spinning when you plug it into the computer, and there will be enough power to start the drive and maintain the rotation.

Again, because the actual starting of the drive is only momentary and is what keeps it from working reliably on USB.

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Wd My Passport For Mac Not Partitioned