How To Format Mac Hdd On Windows. The Windows system uses a hard drive with a different file system than the Mac systems. Windows uses NTFS while Mac OS uses HFS and theyre incompatible with each other.
Under Partition layout select 2 Partitions The user can adjust the size of the partition based on the desired requirement. Launch the Disk Utility. First note the number of the disk in the disk management window.
One head to Applications and advance to Utilities.
Then select Disk Utility. This message appears because Windows doesnt understand Apples HFS file system. Before you can use it Dont click the Format disk button or Windows will erase the contents of the driveclick Cancel. Windows uses NTFS while Mac OS uses HFS and theyre incompatible with each other.
