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[rc3477]

I purchased a GoFLex with eSata to use for larger file transfers when rebuilding laptops. I formatted the drive with a windows 7 machine, and it operates fine. I can transfer to and from the drive. I unplug the drive and plug it in to an identical windows 7 machine and it asks me to format? I can't see the files on the drive or work with it until it's formatted. If I format it, it'll only work with that machine that it was formatted on.

Whats going on here? Is this drive tagged for a single machine somehow? None of my other externals work this way.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

[kenji57]

Try running chkdsk /f to fix filessytem errors.

That isn't normal behaviour. Mine often asks to scan for errors but gives me the option of continuing anyway and doesn't tell me to format it.

[rc3477]

Ran chkdsk /f on the drive and on the computer. Didn't make a difference. Neither of them reported errors. any other ideas?

[kenji57]

How does it look in Disk Management on each of the win7 machines?

Also is it just a standard NTFS? How did you format it - in Windows Disk Management or 3rd party tool?