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<blockquote data-quote="mjq1986" data-source="post: 885453" data-attributes="member: 98913"><p><strong>External HDD formatting and partition?</strong></p><p></p><p>Hello everyone,</p><p></p><p>I got a Western Digital 500 GB external HDD almost 3 weeks ago for the purpose of Time machine as well as for my other files and important stuff. I created two partitions; one for time machine and the other one for my files.</p><p></p><p>I recently went to a friend's place as he needed a few of my documents and it did appear on his PC that a new hardware is detected but didn't show any icon of the hard disk or anything like that. I'm confused about this and wondering whether the Mac formatted the HDD using its own format and which won't be compatible with windows but thats just my idea and I might be wrong. </p><p></p><p>Since, I also have to use my HDD at times on a PC thats why I was wondering if anyone could help me out with this as the HDD only works with Mac systems and not PCs. </p><p></p><p>I'd really appreciate your help and support people.</p><p></p><p>Thank you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mjq1986, post: 885453, member: 98913"] [b]External HDD formatting and partition?[/b] Hello everyone, I got a Western Digital 500 GB external HDD almost 3 weeks ago for the purpose of Time machine as well as for my other files and important stuff. I created two partitions; one for time machine and the other one for my files. I recently went to a friend's place as he needed a few of my documents and it did appear on his PC that a new hardware is detected but didn't show any icon of the hard disk or anything like that. I'm confused about this and wondering whether the Mac formatted the HDD using its own format and which won't be compatible with windows but thats just my idea and I might be wrong. Since, I also have to use my HDD at times on a PC thats why I was wondering if anyone could help me out with this as the HDD only works with Mac systems and not PCs. I'd really appreciate your help and support people. Thank you! [/QUOTE]
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