Formatting a WD Elements 1.5 TB Drive for Mac

For users of a 1.5 TB external hard disk of Western Digital (WD) Elements, using the Operating system (OS) of X Version 10.6.2 with 'MacBook Pro', running can reformat their hard drive easily. The WD Elements 1.5 TB hard disk already comes formatted to be easily configured with PCs. To format a WD hard disk drive for the Mac Operating system X version 10.6.2, all it requires is to view this internet website link: http://wdc.custhelp.com/ for assistance. From this website, a user has access to a step by step protocol of formatting the system which is very well explained.

Formatting a WD Elements 1.5 TB Drive for Mac

Issue

I just bought a Western Digital WD Elements 1.5 TB External hard drive, and I'm running a MacBook Pro with OS X Version 10.6.2. I'm wondering how I reformat the hard drive, which comes from the factory formatted for PCs. I'm not very computer savvy, so if someone could run me through this step by step it would be much appreciated.

Solution

To be able to format a WD drive for Mac OSX go to this address and it is very well explained:

• http://wdc.custhelp.com/...

Note

Solved by paulina

See also

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• MacOS forum
• Windows forum
• Hard drive forum

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