If you want to use the drive with a Mac computer, see Reformatting the Drive on page 53 and Troubleshooting on page 54. I'll see if he wants to do all the partitioning and backing up if I decide to use the WD to back up my Dell HD. Disk Drive Format Your My Passport Slim drive is formatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with all updated Windows operating systems. I have a co-worker who is supposed to help me with installing Windows. I could use the new WD backup drive, but I would need to partition it which means I have to format it again then partition then backup my Macbook again? I already did the backup on my Macbook, but to reformat, then partition the WD and then try to get files from my old HD and backup my Macbook again?
At this rate maybe in a couple of months it will be finishedthen I can do the updates.
I have 440 gbs to back up and only about 100 gbs so far have transferred to the backup. I may just buy another smaller drive for that or put the information on my Macbook after I install Windows. I have been backing up my macbook now for 3 weeks to the WD Mycloud. Note: If you have reformatted the drive for use on a Mac computer, skip this. Since Windows wouldn't load on my old Dell HD anymore, I'm hoping to get the information off and move it. continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you add or. I don't have a lot on my Macbook as it is, so I will probably use 250G for the partition. I just need to figure out how much space I need for Windows and to run a few programs. So far I did the backup for my Macbook before I partition for Windows. I was using my Seagate Backup Plus 2 TB drive on an MacBook Pro (2014) with OS.
BACKING UP TO MY PASSPORT FOR MAC, DO I HAVE TO ERASE DISK? HOW TO
My ex used to do this stuff, so I am not as familiar with how to partition and move the information, but I can figure it out. Hi, My 5Tb passport hard drive wont mount on Mac. I have an old hard drive from my Dell that I need to move the info from. I'm not so much looking to backup the new Windows portion of my Macbook.
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