How do I reformat a external drive to read MAC and windows

I purchased a WD external drive and found that someone had returned it to the store with info on it. I have switched from a windows PC to a MacBook Pro. I would like to transfer some info from a old external to the new one but I need to reformat the new one to clear the info already on it. Also I was told that I could reformat a external so that my Mac could read both Mac and Windows info.

errollflynn2000 wrote:
I was told that I could reformat a external so that my Mac could read both Mac and Windows info.
Aside of using crappy FAT32 with its 4GB limitation or the not really better ExFAT, there are two alternative ways:
Enable your Mac to "understand" Windows NTFS.
There also at least two ways. MacFuse/ntfs-3g for the more experienced user ( http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/ ) or Pargon's NTFS for Mac ( http://www.paragon-software.com ) for the not so experienced.
Enable your Windows machine to "understand" Mac's HFS+ filesystem. on a similar way.
Lupunus

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