External Hard Drive non compatible with others PCs

I format a Hard Drive to Mac but now it could not be recognized by Window in other computer. Which format I need to select in orther to be able to get and give info in other PCs

I think that attempting to use a disk for both Mac and Windows is a false economy.
Disks are cheap enough now that you can just get one for each platform.
As far as the sharing of data between the two platforms goes, use the network. It will cause way fewer problems then a single disk will.
Allan

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