Then somehow the first disk randomly became usable again and was back to its original state (it even contained the original readme file). After attempting to restore the first one by copying/cloning an image from the second one, the second became unusable. Are certain cheap 2.5" external HDDs from China always limited to Exfat? So please also see my attempts at a solution in my answer to this question as advised by these types of 2.5" external hard disks are actually not compatible with Macs or Time-Machine backups:Ī) What can I do to return the disk back to its original usable/exfat state?ī) In their original Exfat state, to what extent will they be usable?ĭ) How, without the seller telling me, can I know these are limited to Exfat format only? e.g. One of them returned to original state - please see Update 1, 2 and 3 above. However, after trying to partition/restore via Disk Utility, they become both unusable. They appeared to work as a normal external hard drive when I first connected them to my MBP (Retina mid-2015, Yosemite 10.10.3). I ordered two external hard disks and tried them on the first day they arrived. Update 3: The disk currently does not work on Mac or Windows. Issues started after attempting to partition and attempting to restore via Image. Update 2: question: Like how long from when you bought the drives and were working to when they stopped? Answer: They were removed from the packaging on the day they arrived. When connected to my MBP I get the message, "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." "". Update 1: Somehow, after unconnecting and re-connecting, the original disk (disk1) has now returned to original state, with the readme file as well! I still have another disk which is not working.
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