I ve tried to use a newly purchased iomega EGO exernal hard drive (329G) with a mac computer and when I try to drag anything to it I get the item cannot be moved because Iomega HDD cannot be modified. The drive didnt come with any info that I can find...how can I get the drive into use?

Plug your USB imoga ego usb drive into your computer.

Click on the "My Computer" icon at the top of your computer screen.

Double click on the iomega USB icon.

Right click in a blank space in the middle of the window to pull up a small menu.

Select the "New Folder" option from the menu to create a new folder on your Iomega USB 2.0 drive.

Drag all of the files that you want to protect into the new folder you created.

Right click on the folder that you created and select the "Properties" option from the menu.

Go to the "Sharing" tab and click on it.

Scroll down to the "Make This Folder Private" box and check it. Click the "OK" button and wait for the window to close.

Use your Windows log-in password to open the file.

hope this helps

Check if the cable is properly connected. What is the operating system of your computer (win 98, win xp, vista or win 7)? Have you tried connecting it to other computer?

It's possible to clone to this drive, but over the USB interface, it will be very slow. Firewire would be faster. It's also possible to boot from it, but again, it will be slower than an internal. What you've described, however, IS possible.

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Does it show up in your "my computer" You should be able to drag any file into it or just make new folders and then drag files into. Let me know if it still won't work.

right click go to the make folder option you can name the folder then cops files to the folder than copy all folders or drag them to your hard drive

you have to use an other HDD having OS on it... and attach other HDD and format it ..it will work!

check the official site of the company send email to the higher authorities your case will be solved

Go to the Iomega Web sight and find tech support or Manuals/Guides and go from There??

Format your hardrive for Mac OS:
Go to Disk Utilities under the go menu in your finder. Select the external drive and click on the erase tab. Clikc erase again and it formats the drive. You can now copy files onto the drive.