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Subject: Re: [AE] OT: not mounting NTFS on Mac
From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>
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Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:05:06 -0600
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Wow, thanks for all the suggestions, and so quickly. =20

I work out of my home in Dallas, so I'm likely surrounded by neighbors =
with Windows computers.   I guess I'll pay one a surprise visit.  =
Luckily, I live in a friendly neighborhood.

However, I may have really screwed up.  Disk Warrior reported that the =
Directory was messed up.  I let it "fix" it, and although the disk did =
mount afterwards, it contained nothing but gibberish... Asian fonts and =
weird characters, UNIX Executables and aliases to nowhere, with Modified =
Dates spanning 1996 to 2020.

I notified client, and he disclosed that he's been having problems over =
there.  He is going to copy the media again onto another disk.  So good =
news there.  I guess I'm out of the woods for now... at least until I =
get the next disk.

Thanks again, good people of Ae!


On Feb 20, 2012, at 3:34 PM, Jonathan Penzner wrote:

> Before you drop 200 bucks, are you near anyone with a Windows machine? =
In what sector of the planet are you located?
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> On Feb 20, 2012, at 1:01 PM, Jim Curtis wrote:
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>> I just got a drive from my client with footage on it for a big AE =
project.  I gave him an external Maxtor, which I allowed him to =
reformat.  He says he formatted it NTFS, and put a bunch of footage on =
it, from a Windows system.
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>> When I attempt to mount it on three of my Macs, I get the "This disk =
is unreadable..." message.  I've tried it with NTFS Mounter turned on =
and off, to the same result.
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>> I have been able many times in the past to mount NTFS volumes.  And =
FAT-32, etc.
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>> Will installing Windows 7 on a spare disk help?  That's $200 for a =
shot in the dark.
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>> Or, can anybody think of something else I can try?
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>> Thanks,
>> Jim C.
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