“I need to do a data transfer from a Pavilion PC to a drive, and then to a MacBook i9. Then I would use the drive for longterm backup for the MacBook. Would this drive work well for all of that? Would it require reformatting? Thank you.”
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Hello, Please know, ideally the drive is designed for macOS computers and it is ready out of box with HFS+ format for macOS. However, you can reformat the drive in NTFS to use with Windows or in exFAT for both Windows and macOS. Please be informed that reformatting is a data destructive process. Please backup the data from the drive before reformatting it. See Answer ID: 8200 How to Partition and Format a WD Drive on Windows and macOS: https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8200 -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The PC doesn't read this drive since it is formatted for a Mac. At least I just tried it and it didn't launch on the PC. I have had great success with the reliability of this brand, but I would look for a model that is formated for both Mac and PC.
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