external harddrive question?

[verseafterverse]

So I have a 500gb external hard drive lying around from a old windows laptop if if put it in a enclosure will my mac or will I need to reformat it first?

 

[Jacksonc]

So I have a 500gb external hard drive lying around from a old windows laptop if if put it in a enclosure will my mac or will I need to reformat it first?

Depends on what format it is. I would recommend reformatting it to Mac OS extended journaled, even if it does work.