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Dwise - Nov 20, 2015 at 08:01 AM
R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017   - Nov 23, 2015 at 05:24 AM
Hello,

Plz i need answer to this question, i format my external hard drive with mac and i later plug it to widow7 but i discovered that window7 doesn't see the hard drive again. Plz, how can i fix this so that widow7 will see the hard drive.


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solomon
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Nov 20, 2015 at 08:10 AM
Hello,

you've formatted the drive with a format that only Macs can use.

I recommend you plug it back in to your Mac, copy the data to your Mac and format the drive again but format it as FAT32.
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R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017   155
Nov 23, 2015 at 05:24 AM
Hi Solomon,

Could you check if the drive is visible in Disk Management? It may appear but with a file format for a Mac, which will require reformatting in order to use it on a Windows PC. Keep in mind that formatting the drive will erase all the data, so before doing it, please backup all important data.
If you plan to use the drive on a Mac and on a PC, the best solution is to create two partitions with different file formats.

Hope this helps

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