How to format a WD hard drive to exFAT or FAT32 file system. Answer ID 291| This answer explains how to format a drive in the exFAT or FAT32 file system. This allows the drive to be used on both Windows and macOS.
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The drive is probably physically damaged. It doesn't take much of a bump to damage them. Professional data recovery is likely the only solution. Joe What OS are you using and does the drive show in Disk Management? Does it say anything in Disk Management down where the bars are shown like Raw?
Never trust important data to just one drive intern. Dropping included, you have several kinds of issues that arise that can cause a drive not to read. The drive itself is broken, which means you can only possibly retrieve your data through data reco.
Hey everybody, I'm really new to apple computers and have just purchased my first MacBook after years of debating whether to make the switch from PC. I am confidant I made the right decision. The only problem I've had thus far that I've not been able to find a solution for is that of not being able to create new folders on my external hard drive. I have a 1TB WD my passport, and so far it's been working as expected.
I've got my iTunes music & video library all p to scratch with what it was on my old computer, my one problem though is creating any new folders whatsoever on the MacBook inside the passport folders itself. I was looking to create a new folder so I can archive any new CDs I burn, music I d/l though iTunes and otherwise, into my pre existing music folder that is located on my HD passport. But it won't let me! I've looked over the site for the best possible solution, but I'm not really sure what I need to do. It won't let me add any new folders into my hard rive whatsoever and I wondered if it was a case of formatting it. If that is the case I need to do it in a way that doesn't delete any of my pre existing files as I have 7+ years of photos, home movies and music I have collected and to lose it would be a real kick to the gut!
Is there anybody that can help me with this matter because I really want to get started using my MacBook properly! It's like opening a Christmas present and being told you can't play with it until after dinner! Thanks very much to anybody that can help me! Your WD drive is most likely formatted with the NTFS file system which is the default for Windows. OS X can read from an NTFS drive but can't write to it.
There are several add on drivers that can give OS X the ability to write to NTFS drives. One of them is I don't know how well it works.
I hope that drive is not the only place your 7+ years of data is stored. A hard drive can fail, without warning, at any time. If you have left the PC world behind it would be best to reformat the drive using the OS X filesystem. Of course that means you need some place else to store your data during the format operation.
Get another external drive that is big enough to hold your data. Format it with the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) file system. Copy your data from the existing WD disk to the new disk. Verify that the data on the new disk is all there. Format the WD disk with the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) file system.
Copy the data from the new disk to the old disk. You now have two copies of your data on a file system that OS X supports. Your WD drive is most likely formatted with the NTFS file system which is the default for Windows. OS X can read from an NTFS drive but can't write to it. There are several add on drivers that can give OS X the ability to write to NTFS drives.
One of them is I don't know how well it works. I hope that drive is not the only place your 7+ years of data is stored. A hard drive can fail, without warning, at any time. If you have left the PC world behind it would be best to reformat the drive using the OS X filesystem. Of course that means you need some place else to store your data during the format operation.
Get another external drive that is big enough to hold your data. Format it with the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) file system. Copy your data from the existing WD disk to the new disk. Verify that the data on the new disk is all there.
Format the WD disk with the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) file system. Copy the data from the new disk to the old disk. You now have two copies of your data on a file system that OS X supports. Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site.
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