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First see how the hard drive is formatted

Right Click on the Hard Drive and Choose

Get Info

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Hard Drive should be Mac OS Extended

Journaled

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Click on the Lock to change permissions

Make sure Ignore Ownership is checked

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NOTE THIS WORKFLOW WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO FORMAT YOUR HARD DRIVE WIPING ALL DATA OFF OF IT -

MAKE SURE THERE IS NOTHING ON YOUR HARD DRIVE YOU NEED BEFORE PROCEEDING

How To Format a Hard Drive for Macintosh Computers

Open Disk Utility

Go to Macintosh HD

Applications >Utilities>

Disk Utility

in Disk Utility>

Click on the sidebar and choose


>Show All Devices

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Pick the drive you want to reformat

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but choose the 

>External top volume in the display as shown here


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Click Erase



Name the Hard Drive


Choose the Volume Format: as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)Name the drive then clickAPFS


Scheme: GUID Partition Map


Erase in the lower right corner to erase the drive

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You can also use 

Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)


Scheme: GUID Partition Map


Then Click Erase

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How to format a hard drive in Windows.

Plug in the external drive to the firewire or USB 2 port and turn it on.
Right Click on “My Computer”
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If the following wizard opens

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Right click the windows icon in the lower left corner and go to Computer Management

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Go to Disk Management

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Right click the D drive or similar might have a different letter but probably D

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Choose Format name the drive and hit OK

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Choose - Name

File System - NTFS

Allocation of Unit - Default


Choose Quick Format - hit OK

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For new disks not currently formatted for Windows you can use the Formatting Wizzard

Click on cancel. If the disk says Not Initialized then right click on the drive and initialize it by clicking on Initialize Disk.  Click OK at the next menu to complete the process.



The next step is to format.  Right click the drive in the stripped area and click New Partition

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Click Next at the Convert Disk Wizard

7. Select the Primary partition and click Next

8.  Specify Partition Size to the default which is the capacity of the drive and click Next


9. Assign a drive letter or choose the default then click Next 10. 

Select Format the partition with the following settings

USE NTFS



NAME THE DRIVE UNDER VOLUME LABEL

Make sure that Perform a quick format is unchecked then click Next.
11. Click Finish to start the formatting process.  Process will take @ 1.25 hours for 200 gigs (for example)

How to format a hard drive in Mac OSX

Must be logged on as a user with administrator privileges

1. Launch Disk Utility.  Go to Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility

2. The external hard drive will be listed in the left hand column select the drive to format

3. Select Erase from the tabbed selections.  Choose the Volume Format: as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

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