external hard drive using as backup for mac(time machine) doesnt not detect on PC

[desiboy09]

hey guys i have a western digital hard drive which i am using as back up it's set up with time machine but now when i connect that hard drive to other PC OR MAC it do not detect or sync and i want it to work on other computers how would i change that THANK YOU SO MUCH

 

[r.j.s]

Windows can't read it, but it should be detected by other Macs.

 

[alust2013]

PCs won't see it because it is formatted differently than what Windows uses, so you would have to create a FAT32 partition to use it with windows.

 

[GGJstudios]

FAT32

• Read/Write FAT32 from both native Windows and native Mac OS X.
• No individual file larger than 4GB.

NTFS

• Read/Write NTFS from native Windows.
• Read only NTFS from native Mac OS X
• To Read/Write NTFS from Leopard: Install MacFUSE and NTFS-3G. You can install both with NTFS-3G for Mac OS X.
• To Read/Write NTFS from Snow Leopard: Guide: Enable native NTFS Read/Write in Snow Leopard
• (Be aware that some are of the opinion that enabling native NTFS in SL is unstable/unreliable, and favor the MacFuse/NTFS-3G method for Snow Leopard)

HFS

• Read/Write HFS from native Mac OS X
• To Read/Write HFS from Windows, Install MacDrive
• To Read HFS (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer

 

[desiboy09]

Thank you for your help it was helpful