“I’m not a “techie”. I simply want to plug this in to my pc and start backing up everything. Do I have to format the drive or is it really plug and play?”
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Hello Bill, Please be informed that the WD Easystore drive is a plug 'n' play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers. We would like to inform you that the WD Easystore External drive comes preformatted in NTFS format for Windows OS, However, in order to use the drive for macOS you can reformat the drive with macOS supported HFS+J file system by using this link: https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3879 .Please be informed that reformatting is a data destructive process, please backup the data from the drive before reformatting it. Hello Jame, Please be informed that for backup you could use file history on windows computer, You may refer to the link mentioned below: https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/25298/kw/file%20history and you could use time machine on mac : https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/18952/kw/18952 -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information. -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
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