Has anyone reformatted one of these to use on Windows computer?
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The only connection is a fixed thunderbolt, so I'm not sure you'd be able to connect it. There's no USB on it.
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No need do any re-format. For my iMAC, just installed software has already on Portable Hard drive, and my laptop PC with Window 7 automatic recognized device.
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You can format it into Fat 32 on your computer but it comes formatted in Fat 32 out of the box anyway.
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Yes, but format it in your pc first! Use a card reader or a built-in card slot. Right click on it when it shows in the drive list and use the menu to format it.
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when i purchased mine it was formatted for mac. In windows i had to format it in disk management to fat32 to work for both mac and windows.
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hi, I have not used my system yet. I do have 3 pdf instruction files if you can use them. I can email them
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I'm a Mac user not Windows. However, I believe it does not matter what system you are running as long as it's formatted correctly.
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I had it several years ago, my review here was with Windows XP. It broke since the same "still sticking out too much" problem (the date displayed is very likely wrong/bugged : i could not have written this review before Feb. 2010, because I remember that by that date I already had the replacement (Billionton PCMCIA GCBBTCR41B-BT).
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Designed for use with Windows-based computers. Can be easily reformatted for use with Macs.
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you can format it for either or. If you formatted windows you'll only be able to read the files on a Mac. You won't be able to right to it from a Mac and vice versa.
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Though I have not used it for this purpose it should work fine if you are using the Windows 7 back up feature. Also I believe your disk is much larger than 500kb, 500GB possibly? Even at 500GB, unless the drive is completely full, you should be able to create at least two different images on the drive.
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Yes. Drive comes formatted and can be recofnized by pc or mac. You could also reformat using Disk Utility if you choose
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Go to download@Cnet.com search for Windows start menu and it will convert windows 8 to windows 7 format
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Yes but it has to be formatted. It won't work with data from both windows and Mac
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I couldn't find any...It may be built in to windows 7 buy now.... I would try another one because of win8 platform and the lack of support for the older ones. Ive stopped using mine because it caused freezing and lock ups.
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while I don' t have a clear cut answer, I do have one that works. See if it at least is at least recognized in device manager under Windows' control panel. If it is, you might right click on properties and have windows look for a new driver on the net. You might want.to reformat it under fat32 or NTFS....
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Yes. Just need to format it in a format thats appropriate for Windows. Like exFAT. There are some formats that will be read/write for both Mac/Window. These will be most versatile