I am trying to reformat a hard drive from a mac laptop using my windows computer.
The mac hard drive has a SMART error.
I have tried connecting it through my SATA cable on my PC, but windows won't start because of the SMART error. I can get to BIOS, and have reformatted the hard drive, but was only able to format it for windows compatibility, and if I plug it back into the mac, it still won't let me format it back to windows format.
I plugged the power in to the hard drive on my PC, and tried to plug the SATA in hot, but there is no recognition of it that way.
If I can get windows to recognize the hard drive, I will be able to use TransMac to format it.
Is there a easier way or a way I am not considering? Maybe a way to format a hard drive for mac on the windows BIOS?
Update:
I have found a way in BOIS to not check for SMART, and to allow hot plug on SATA port 2.
However, I am still unable to format it on TransMac.
The mac hard drive has a SMART error.
I have tried connecting it through my SATA cable on my PC, but windows won't start because of the SMART error. I can get to BIOS, and have reformatted the hard drive, but was only able to format it for windows compatibility, and if I plug it back into the mac, it still won't let me format it back to windows format.
I plugged the power in to the hard drive on my PC, and tried to plug the SATA in hot, but there is no recognition of it that way.
If I can get windows to recognize the hard drive, I will be able to use TransMac to format it.
Is there a easier way or a way I am not considering? Maybe a way to format a hard drive for mac on the windows BIOS?
Update:
I have found a way in BOIS to not check for SMART, and to allow hot plug on SATA port 2.
However, I am still unable to format it on TransMac.
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