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Hard Drive Format for both Windows and Mac

Thread starter Benjer
Start date Dec 5, 2008
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Benjer

macrumors member

Original poster

Dec 5, 2008

#1

Will a Windows PC recognize my external hard drive that I formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)?

sushi

Moderator emeritus

Dec 5, 2008

#2

Easiest way is to format external drives as FAT32.

There are some limitations, but for most purposes FAT32 works great.

GGJstudios

macrumors Westmere

Dec 5, 2008

#3

No, native Windows can't read drives that are formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) unless you use something like MacDrive.

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