how to reformat a seagate external hard drive on mac for windows use

Reformat A Seagate External Hard Drive On For Windows Use .Exe And Start

The web is littered with request to do just what you are asking but with no definite answers.

When I bought it I did not realize that it would automatically back up my C drive, with no input from me.

I wanted it to back up a different external drive that is loaded with pictures.

NOW I need to take off everything that it downloaded from the C drive, take down the partition and reformat so that the entire drive can be dedicated to backing up my photos.

Will simply reformatting take down the partitions If not how do I get it to do that.

Right click a partition on the external hard drive and click merge.

It might be wise to backup the files that came preloaded on the disk first.

I wrote here about 6 months ago and I never received an email telling me that someone had replied and I appologize.

I do want to do this correctly and I am not a computer person, I am a Grandmother.

What do you mean by the file that came preloaded on the disk first There appears to be 2 partitions.

That partition is MY Replica and has no other files in it other than what it backed up from my C drive.

The other partition has some files I put on there and have backed up someplace else.

There is a file named USB 3.0PC Card Adapter which I can not figure out why it is there and it has no subfiles.

Reformat A Seagate External Hard Drive On For Windows Use .Exe And Start

Then there is Autorun.inf, Setup.exe and Start.Exe.

What is nessesary to keep I do not want Replica to start backing up again so I assume I need to find the softway and get it off.

Right.

Right click on each partition and select Delete from the menu.

When all partitions are gone, Right Click on the Raw (unallocated) space and create a new partition there.

When complete, Right Click again and select Format and Select NTFS.

The existing autorun is the automatic back up function you ran into.

If this is an external hard drive and you want to use it with Macs or Windows systems older than XP, then format to Fat32 instead.

You have to be a little bit crazy to keep you from going insane.

Am concerned you advise it is automatically backing up a drive, and feel this needs looking at.

Fingers and Iforgot, I am going to combine your two answers and give it a try.

Derek, it is a USB drive, simplistic is what I want if I can find it.

Its done now so Id just leave it - you shouldnt get any more reminders.

How To Reformat A Seagate External Hard Drive On Mac For Windows Use