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External hard drive from Mac to Windows issue

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Name: marjoram11
Date: October 20, 2009 at 06:51:57 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
Product: Seagate Momentus 5400.2 60gb hard drive
Subcategory: Hard Drives
Tags: mac, windows xp, Apple, fat32, ntfs
Comment:

I have used this external hard drive on a Mac and might have formatted it on the Mac as well. Now I don't have the Mac anymore and need to use it on Windows. How do I get Windows to recognize the drive without having to go back to a Mac to change the FAT32/NTFS situation? I just want to format the drive on Windows and start fresh on Windows but Windows doesn't recognise the drive at all. I don't own a Mac anymore. Please help!



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Name: clive_pearce
Date: October 20, 2009 at 08:34:27 Pacific
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Gparted can help you format the drive, I think.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/live...

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Name: mavis007
Date: October 20, 2009 at 10:16:48 Pacific
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Response Number 3
Name: aegis1
Date: October 20, 2009 at 12:37:53 Pacific
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Disk Management 'should' see the drive and format/partition it.

Right click 'My Computer' > Manage > Storage > Disk Management.


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