WD TV Mini Media Player not recognising WD 500GB Passport HDD USB 3.0

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Just bought WD TV Mini Media Player and its  not recognising WD 500GB Passport HDD USB 3.0

I plugged a 4GB memory stick in to the media player and it reads to check media player is in order.

I can copy to and read from the passport on my mac, just when I go to plug it to the media player its not recognised

Do I need to format the HDD? or is it a USB 3.0 thing??

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You’ll probably havie better luck posting in the TV media section.

Joe

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It depends on how you formatted the hard drive the wd tv mini Supports USB device file systems: FAT32, NTFS, HFS+ (no journaling)

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thanks, I initially reformatted the drive and then deleted the files that prompted the formating, do you know where I can locate those files so I can go through the process again? what format out of the ones you recommend is best to go with??

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Dont use the program to format it because it will format the drive as journaled.

go ahead and follow these instructions for formatting.

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=291&p_created=1023897270&p_sid=4uztWzkk&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_srch=1&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MjE1LDIxNSZwX3Byb2RzPTAmcF9jYXRzPTAmcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9mbmwmcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1mb3JtYXQgZmF0IDMy&p_li=&p_topview=1