#Format wd elements for mac os 10.13.3 portable# Some hard drives are already pre-formatted for a certain platform or system, like when you buy it out of the box it’s already formatted for Mac or Windows.
But when it is not, we need to format the drive.Ģ. Hard drives are formatted so that a particular platform or operating system will be able to read and recognize the drive, whether it is an internal drive or external drive.ģ. Hard drives are reformatted because sometimes we need to do clean up and we just want to wipe everything out that is written in the drive.Ĥ. Formatting/Reformatting a drive can also remove soft bad sectors. Sometimes when a drive has a physical bad sector, reformatting it could spread the damage.ĥ. We reformat a hard drive if we are switching from one platform to another (Windows to Mac and vice verse)īack to the main topic, below is a step by step instruction on how to Format/Reformat a hard drive for Mac OS. #Format wd elements for mac os 10.13.3 how to#
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