Step by Step how to re-format portable hard drive for pc and MAC

Using a Mac book pro with Lion OS  Any help with this would be appreciated .

TXNgage wrote:
Using a Mac book pro with Lion OS  Any help with this would be appreciated .
Easy.
You should format the drive on the PC.
For most compatability and for any files under 4GB in size format in Windows FAT32  (MSDOS on Mac)
For any sized files 4GB or more, then format exFAT in Windows.
If your running a Windows XP machine, search Microsoft for a free download and install exFAT for XP.
FAT or exFAT can both be read and written too by Mac's and PC's alike.
Most drives come from the factory already formatted FAT, if this is what you want then there is nothng you need to do.
If Windows asks to format the drive then choose FAT or exFAT, but not NTFS.
A bit harder, if you have no choice but to format the drive on the Mac, then open Apple's Disk Utility and hook up the drive, select tthe drive on the far right, it should be obvious with the drive makers name and size, select that it's on the far left.
Now select Partition Tab, Options: MBR, format: MSDOS (FAT) or exFAT and click apply.
that's it, but I suggest you format on the PC for better results.

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