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IF YOU HAVE A NEW HARD DRIVE THAT HASN’T BEEN USED

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First see how the hard drive is formatted

Right Click on the Hard Drive and shoose

Get Info

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Hard Drive should be Mac OS Extended

Journaled


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Open Disk Utility

Go to Macintosh HD

Applications >Utilities>

Disk Utility

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Pick the drive you want to reformat


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Click Erase


Choose the Volume Format: as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

Name the drive then click Erase in the lower right corner to erase the drive

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How to format a hard drive in Windows.

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