[SOLVED] Unable to re-format Seagate external hard drive

[fegsdc]

Hey guys i am having another problem now.

I formatted my external hard drive on windows 7 before and used it on a Mac PC and did some formatting process while i was trying to use the program in it, Mac OS, now i want to erase it and re-format it from windows 7 but it is no longer behaving like an external hard drive on my windows 7 PC. It doesn't even show up on Computer it is mixed with Printers and other things when I click an option.

Does any of you know how to fix this? I want to re-format it to use it on MacOS to download and load a new OS....

 

[RealBeast]

If you want to format it on a PC for use on a MAC, I would try the free Easeus free version of Partition Master because it supports exFAT for both read and write, as does Windows.

You could also clean it using diskpart commands and then manually format it in exFAT.

 

[popatim]

Windows and Mac can format drives as Exfat natively.

In windows: run disk management, right click on the drive and select format, change the file system to ExFat, give the drive a name (Label), ensure Quick format is checked, and click Start.

For Mac: open Disk Utility , select the drive when you're on the Erase tab, select exFat in the format type box, give it a name and click 'erase'.