Hi, I really hope someone can help me with this problem.
My WD Essential is in FAT32 format (which, as I understand, works both on mac and pc). I normally use this on my mac, which never experienced any trouble at all. However, when I tried to connect it to a friend’s pc the other day, a message showed up requiring me to format the disk, which I chose not to and rejected the disk right away.
Now the disk can’t mount on my mac but still shows up in Disk Utility. I can’t verify, repair nor mount the disk. After some reading in the message board, I understand that I could try to erase the disk using Disk Utility. However, since I’ve been using it as the only backup so erasing is not an option.
Disk Description : WD 3200BMV External Media Total Capacity : 298.1 GB (320,072,933,376 Bytes)
Connection Bus : USB Write Status : Read/Write
Connection Type : External S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Partition Map Scheme : Master Boot Record