- #HOW TO FORMAT WD MY PASSPORT FOR MAC ON WINDOWS HOW TO#
- #HOW TO FORMAT WD MY PASSPORT FOR MAC ON WINDOWS MAC OS X#
P.S Tried it on my old Acer, which also has Windows 10 and can't access it from there either, so it's definitely a Windows thing. Simply format it if it still shows up under disk management no matter it shows as raw state or uninitialized, or blank.
#HOW TO FORMAT WD MY PASSPORT FOR MAC ON WINDOWS HOW TO#
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The WD My Passport is an SSD external drive that I believe was formatted for use with both Mac and Windows, as I had to transfer files from a different windows laptop to the Mac laptop, and now want to transfer these files to my new Windows 11 PC. I don't know the encoding of the drive, I'm afraid I'm not IT savvy. I just got my new PC with Windows 11 and want to transfer all my files from my old mac laptop. I want to access what's on it.Īre there other options? How do I fix this? I don't want to reformat it because I believe that would erase the data and that defeats my purpose. I tried to update the drivers via 'Device Manager' but it said it was already up to date and in 'properties' is says "This disk is working properly" and I don't have a new chord to try at the moment. It appears in 'Devices and Printers' and 'Device Manager' but not in 'Devices and Drives' in File Explorer nor in Disk Management. Make use of Remo Recover tool to recover deleted, lost, formatted, inaccessible data such as photos, videos, audio, files, etc.
When I first plugged the drive into the Lenovo, it was instantly recognized and added. How can I convert my passport to exFAT If it is larger than 32GB, you can. To use with other operating systems, see Reformatting the Drive and Troubleshooting. The drive letter name cannot be changed as it cannot be formatted, there are some photos in it.
#HOW TO FORMAT WD MY PASSPORT FOR MAC ON WINDOWS MAC OS X#
I just got a brand new Lenovo Flex 14 Laptop with Windows 10 and am unable to use/access the content on the WD My Passport Ultra external drive that I have all my stuff from my old Macbook backed up on. What format is my WD Passport exFAT partition Your My Passport SSD drive is formatted as a single exFAT partition for compatibility with updated Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Windows 10 doesnt recognize WD My Passport drive as it was migrated on The drive is not shown on my computer.