If the drive does not show up in Disk Management, then please see Answer ID 1164: WD external drive is not assigned a drive letter by Windows or Mac OSX and data on. ![]() How to format external drives using WD Quick Formatter in Windows or Mac. Answer ID 3. 86. 8. My software.
![]() This answer explains how to use the WD Quick Formatter to format a WD external drive in Windows (8, 7, Vista, or XP) and Mac OSX (Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mt. Lion, or Mavericks).*END. To reformat an external hard drive to the NTFS (Windows) or HFS+ (Mac) file system, please follow the instructions below: Download, unzip, install, and run the WD Quick Formatter for Windows if running Windows, or WD Quick Formatter for Mac if running Mac OSX 1. Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks). ![]() ![]() When the application is started, the WD Quick Formatter's welcome screen will appear displaying the following warning message. After reading the warning, click Continue to move to the next screen. If the system is running Mac OSX, follow the instructions under the first choice below. If running Windows, however, follow the instructions based on the drive size. When the scanning process comes to an end, there will be a drop down menu listing a WD external drive under Drive to format. This is the screen displayed when the drive is 2. TB in size or less. Click on the drop down menu to view and/or select different external drives from the list, should there be additional drives connected to the system. When ready, click on Format Drive. Decide if the drive is to be used with a computer running Windows XP. If it might be used on Windows XP, then select XP Compatible. If the drive is not to be used with Windows XP, then select Factory Default. Once this selection is made, click on the drop down menu to view and/or select different external drives from the list, should there be additional drives connected to the system. When ready, click on Format Drive. This is necessary in order to optimize the performance of the drive.
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