Reformat Hard Drive for PC

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I have an external hard drive that I've been using for my Macbook, but I want to use it for my PC now. The PC won't even recognize it's existance, but the Macbook does. How do I configure it to work on my PC? (It doesn't need to work on my Mac anymore.)
 
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Your Mac's Specs
Way... way too many specs to list.
Format it to NTFS.
 
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2017 27" iMac, 10.5" iPad Pro, iPhone 8, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 Mini, Numerous iPods, Monterey
No, it's not. Format it to FAT-32 instead. Just make sure you select to format it using the "MBR" scheme not GUID.
 

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