How to format a hard drive for use on a PC or Mac computer

To format a hard drive before you start using it in Windows, use the Disk Management utility; on a Mac, use Disk Utility.
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Choosing the right format for USB flash drives matters. Here’s why

Technically, it has never been a problem to format USB drives with a storage capacity of more than 32GB with the FAT32 file system. Only Windows itself has never been able to do this, so you always ...