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Question

Can i use my old,windows hard drive as an external on mac ?

Jun 13, 2012 5:18PM PDT

If so, Can i read and write ? And how to format it from the mac to use it on a mac also !

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Yes, to both questions and
Jun 13, 2012 10:52PM PDT

to format it for Mac only use you would just format it as Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) using the Disk Utility app on your Mac.

You will need either an enclosure, USB or Firewire, to put the old Windows drive in or a SATA dock (assuming the drive is a SATA drive)

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Ca be done
Jun 20, 2012 4:57AM PDT

I've done that and had no issues whatsoever.