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Hard drive not opening on PC. Can you help please

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juliophoto Posts 2 Registration date Wednesday October 29, 2014 Status Member Last seen October 30, 2014 - Oct 29, 2014 at 03:43 PM
juliophoto Posts 2 Registration date Wednesday October 29, 2014 Status Member Last seen October 30, 2014 - Oct 30, 2014 at 07:19 AM
I have an external hard drive that has worked with my mac without problem but now my mac has broken down and I have plugged the hard drive to a pc laptop and it shows up on the list of devices but I can not open the hard drive.
Can any one help please?
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Oct 29, 2014 at 04:09 PM
Your external drive must be formatted either in NTFS or FAT32 so that your PC can read it. If it was formatted in HFS+ by the Mac then it can't be read by the PC. I suggest you read the web page for more information:

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/the-best-ways-to-format-an-external-drive-for-windows-and-mac/

Good Luck
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R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017   155
Oct 30, 2014 at 04:43 AM
Hi, juliophoto

Xpcman has a point. You drive may be formatted in HFS+, which makes it unusable in Windows.
You should reformat it. Keep in mind that this way you will delete all your data. Back it up first. If you have no access to a Mac, you could search for some software for Windows or try some Linux version.

Hope this helps
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juliophoto Posts 2 Registration date Wednesday October 29, 2014 Status Member Last seen October 30, 2014
Oct 30, 2014 at 07:19 AM
Thanks guys for the advice.
I just need to get the mac fixed really.