Can not use hard drive on pc now that i have on mac

I got a new external hard drive to transfer files from one computer to another . once i did so , my macbook asked me if i wanted to back up my computer to the drive , i thought why not . so i did but now the hard drive is not even recodnise on any other computer . Do i have to restore the hard drive ?

you can partition HALF the new HD in EXFAT for use between Mac and PC for read/write.
A better option is buy a second HD and format it in EXFAT, you need 2 copies of your valuable data anyway. Data safeguarding is computer use #1 "law"
things crash, hard drives crash, ......ALWAYS have 2 copies of important data.
Most importantly know that 2 copies of your data is 1, and 1 is none
Always consider and expect your computer’s hard drive to completely crash anytime, at all times, and you should keep a backup AND an archived copy

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