How do i reformat my WD hard drive to the Imac? it won't allow me to put my projects in the hard drive. i do have the proper cords for it, it's being used for the first time today ..... please help, cheers.

from pg 68 of the user guide.
Reformatting the Drive
Go to
http://support.wd.com
and refer to Knowledge Base answer ID 3865 for
information about reformatting the drive.
See "Troubleshooting" on page 66 for more information about reformatting a drive.
Restoring the WD
Software and Disk Image
After you have reformatted your drive for use on Mac computers, go to
http://support.wd.com
and see Knowledge Base answer ID 7 for information about
downloading and restoring the
Mac versions of the WD Driv
e Utilities and WD Security
software and disk image.
The WD SmartWare software is not available
for Mac computers with this drive model.

folder options, tick box show hidden files

try to format it through the disk management program in the control panel

Your WD has probably gone belly up. If you can't get it to register on either computer and you've tried different computers then it has croaked.

Were you able to use it in the past on the windows computer and the mac? If so, that's strange because they are two different formats and most times when you plug the drive into one or the other it will want to reformat it to be able to access it.

IMac Have USB ports and your WD hard drive comes with a USB cable. Just connect to one of the USB ports of IMac and you are set. IMac reads and formats to Mac OS
Good luck!

How do I format the external hard drive on a Macintosh computer?

To format the drive for MAC OSX

1. Connect the drive to your computer.

2. Open Disk Utility. (Applications folder > Utilities folder > Disk Utility). Select the hard drive in the left hand column and click on the Erase tab.

3. In the Volume Format drop-down menu, select Mac OS Extended *.

4. Once you have selected the format and have named the drive, click on Erase. You will be presented with a 'Are you Sure' dialog.

5. The drive will format and upon completion will be available for use.

Note: * For the best performance, we recommend using Mac OS Extended format. However, if you will be transferring files between a Windows system and a Macintosh, format the drive as MS-DOS (FAT32) or use a program such as MediFour

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How was the drive formated? If it was formated as NTFS, OSX can only read - it won't write.

If you're going to be using it on your Mac, then you should repartition/reformat it in your disk utility. That way you will get better performance out of it.

You need to reformat it on windows. Plug it up then find it on your computer and format.

ther migt be virus......scan your hard disk.......

Well in this case, formatting should no be performed. the Western Digital data recovery tool should be taken a try first of all. If it doesn't help, then take the device for data recovery services if the data is really important to you.

Remember - DO keep the deivice safe from data overritten or physical damage. Regards.