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QuestionWhat does it mean to format a hard drive?Yaffet Meshesha is a Computer Specialist and the Founder of Techy, a full-service computer pickup, repair, and delivery service. With over eight years of experience, Yaffet specializes in computer repairs and technical support. Techy has been featured on TechCrunch and Time.Formatting means erasing all of the data off of a storage device so it can be used to store more data. Essentially, it's like a clean slate for your devices, in terms of its storage.
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QuestionCan I format an external hard drive to work for both Mac and windows? If so, how?Community AnswerYes, you can. You should format the external drive as either FAT 32 or exFAT. The former has an individual file transfer size limit of 4GB, and the latter doesn't have that limitation.
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QuestionHow do you format an external hard drive which says it can't be formatted?Community AnswerTry removing the external drive's partition in Disk Manager and setting up a new one.
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QuestionHow can I format a protected SD card?Community AnswerSimple - you can't. You need to figure out how the card is protected - either by software or a physical LOCK switch on the card, then UNLOCK it, then you can format it.
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