#FORMAT EXTERNAL HDD FOR MAC AND WINDOWS HOW TO#
#FORMAT EXTERNAL HDD FOR MAC AND WINDOWS INSTALL#
#FORMAT EXTERNAL HDD FOR MAC AND WINDOWS WINDOWS 10#
#FORMAT EXTERNAL HDD FOR MAC AND WINDOWS PC#

It will ask you one final time to format the hard disk - if youвЂ™re really cool with this, confirm! This is it! To reinstall Windows, choose Next. On the next screen, select the primary drive to format and click Format.

#FORMAT EXTERNAL HDD FOR MAC AND WINDOWS INSTALL#

Click on Install now, and follow the steps that bring you to the Custom: Install Windows only (advanced) button. After a few moments, click the Next button.

The setup program should launch automatically (though you might need to hit a key when prompted).

#FORMAT EXTERNAL HDD FOR MAC AND WINDOWS PC#

Reboot your PC and make sure the USB is plugged in or the DVD is inserted. Note: Windows 7 users need to download the Windows OS first, which you can get from here. Plug in the drive and reboot your PC or laptop. Follow the instructions to create a bootable USB drive.

#FORMAT EXTERNAL HDD FOR MAC AND WINDOWS WINDOWS 10#

Follow these next steps to create one (skip to step 2 if youвЂ™ve got a DVD already): Download the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool (to format the hard disk now and install Windows 7 later) or the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool (to format the hard drive now and install Windows 10 later). If you donвЂ™t have the DVD handy, you need to create a bootable Windows USB drive. Insert the Windows 7 or Windows 10 DVD into the DVD drive and boot the PC. ThatвЂ™s why weвЂ™re using a bootable Windows 7/10 Installation DVD or USB drive which allows us to format the hard disk.

You canвЂ™t format the hard disk on which Windows is stored while Windows is running, for the same reasons that you canвЂ™t work on a carвЂ™s engine while youвЂ™re driving it. To format the primary drive - the hard disk where the operating system resides, also called C drive or C: - you need to boot into the setup program on Windows 7 or Windows 10 and use it to format your drive.

#FORMAT EXTERNAL HDD FOR MAC AND WINDOWS HOW TO#

The following steps show you how to format your primary drive when all applications and your files are gone. Then you can use the Windows setup program or macOS Recovery Environment to format primary hard drives. You may need to reinstall the operating system, but you donвЂt want to lose your data! If itвЂ™s at all possible, begin by backing up and rescuing everything of importance, or clone your hard drive by using one of our guides: How to clone a hard drive.

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