will my mac reformat a wd external drive that is formatted for windows

#Will my mac reformat a wd external drive that is formatted for windows mac os x#
#Will my mac reformat a wd external drive that is formatted for windows mac os#
#Will my mac reformat a wd external drive that is formatted for windows movie#
#Will my mac reformat a wd external drive that is formatted for windows drivers#
#Will my mac reformat a wd external drive that is formatted for windows Pc#

#Will my mac reformat a wd external drive that is formatted for windows movie#

For me, this is my movie drive that will be used mostly with my PS3.

#Will my mac reformat a wd external drive that is formatted for windows Pc#

*** This partition can be used on PC or Mac but not on a PS3, which is why i made it so small. Then make this Partition the smallest size allowed, which is 1.07gb. Then go over to the Volume Information side and name it something like 'Don't use' because you literally will not be using this partition.Then make this partition format EXFAT. Then under the Volume Scheme Part, select '2 Partitions'. Then click on the partition option at the top. On my MAC i used the 'Disk Utility' and selected my passport drive. Holy crap thats awesome! I can now watch anything i want on my PS3 and transfer large amounts of data from both PC and MAC!!! I have got it transfer up to 60gb of movies. If you split the partitions on your drive to use both EXFAT and Fat32 you will be able to transfer more data then 4 gigs on the both sides.Yes, even the FAT32 side. you can only transfer up to 4gigs at a time!! Who wants to do that, especially if you want to watch blue rays?!! So, how do you solve the problem with 3 different issues? And, even if you do reformat your drive to a FAT32, so it can be read on both PC and MAC and then PS3, the big problem is. All the information i read from various forums, said that this can't be done because MAC is HFS and PC is NTFS formats. I also wanted it to work with my MAC and my PC. I bought myself a new WD Passport elite 1Tb and it would not work with my PS3. after many hours of trying different things, i have finally found the perfect solution. I have been trying to solve this problem also. exFAT is one of those tropic file systems that just recently got some attention. I don't know of any general device like a HDTV or STB that can read this format.Īs already mentioned your best option is FAT32 with the limitation that files cannot exceed 4GB. exFAT might work for your Windows computers (Vista and 7 support it, XP with a Hotfix) but again, does your HDTV support it? I highly doubt it.

#Will my mac reformat a wd external drive that is formatted for windows drivers#

Some Linux distros can read it, Windows requires special File System Drivers which are mostly commercial.

#Will my mac reformat a wd external drive that is formatted for windows mac os#

The second point is the bigger problem here: Mac OS Extended (HFS plus) is pretty much unique to Apple.

#Will my mac reformat a wd external drive that is formatted for windows mac os x#

You’ll notice a message stating that Diskpart succeeded in cleaning the disk, close this command prompt window.I would say you are facing two problems here:īy default Mac OS X will format the Hard Drive using GPT Partition Table (or Apple Partition Map for PPC Macs). You will have to reformat it using Master Boot Record because Apple Partition Map is solely supported by Apple and I highly doubt current HDTV's, Set Top Boxes or whatever can read GPT.Īs for Windows GPT support is also limited: Vista and 7 fully support it, XP 64bit only for data, XP 32bit does not. The process gives you an uninitialized and empty disk.

Type clean and press enter to erase the disk, which includes the partitions and files. This means if the Mac drive is number 3, you’ll type select disk 3. Nest, type select # (which is the number of the drive) and press enter. Be careful with the number to avoid wiping out the wrong drive as the process is irreversible.

Check the number of your Mac formatted drive on this list, which should be similar as the number of the drive in the disk management window. On the DISKPART prompt, type list disk and press enter to see the disks connected to your computer. Once you’ve open the prompt window, write diskpart and click enter. If you’re using Windows 7 or 8, press the windows key, type cmd, and press Control, shift, and Enter at the same time. Open the command prompt window as the administrator. You need to note the number of the drive in the disk management window.

The process removes everything on the disk, which includes any partitions and files present in the drive. You may notice that the delete option is disabled.Īt this point, you may need to wipe the entire disk to erase this partition. The Mac Drive has an EFI System partition marked as protected. Format it with FAT32 or Windows NTFS file systems. Right click on the empty area and select New Simple Volume to come up with a partition. Right-click each partition on the mac drive and choose delete volume to erase the partitions. Beware of deleting partitions from another drive as this could lead to loss of files or damage your windows installation. If you’ve connected the Mac-formatted drive to a Windows PC, you should see it on the list of disks. After this, you should see the partition on the drive that is connected to your computer, both external and internal ones. Open the Windows Disk Management tool by pressing the Windows Key and R to open the Run dialog.