New WD external drive-any problem using on both XP and Vista Home?

Nadine

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I just purchased a WD 1TB MyBook Home Edition and didn't realize it was preformatted for a Mac and have to reformat for Windows. I have to back up personal files & media from my work PC (XP). We also have a PC with Vista home and are in the process of purchasing a new laptop that has Vista. If I format for Windows XP, am I able to save files from Vista PC? Or should I format for Vista and am I able to save from XP machines?

I'm confused!

Thanks,
Nadine
 

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If formatted NTFS (Windows) you can use it on either machine...
If it's not too late do NOT use the MyBook software to do this as it is problematic...
Simply hook it up to a Windows machine and do it from Disk Management...
Best of Luck
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Q6600
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5K MBoard.
    Memory
    4G OCZ PC2 8500 Platinum
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 8800GTS Vid Card
    Hard Drives
    500G Seagate SATA
    200G Seagate SATA
    100G WD Caviar SATA
    80G WD Caviar IDE
    PSU
    OCZ Elite 800W PSU
    Case
    RaidMax Smilodon Case
    Other Info
    Lite-On dual layer DVD burner X 2
    Dos 6.2;Win2K;XP; &
    Vista Ultimate 64Bit.
Oh, thank you! Not too late. I got nervous when I started reading the instructions and decided I better ask about it. If you could help me a few more steps. I thought I knew where to find Disk Management, but realize the only time I have seen it regularly is in Outlook. I know that isn't what you are referring to. When I open My Computer I don't see an option for Disk Management. Will that only appear after I connect the new drive or is just hidden? Sorry, as you can see I'm not in familiar territory with this.
Thanks, Patio.
 

My Computer

Go to your Start Orb and click on it then when the panel opens on the right of the list you'll see Computer, right click on that and on the menu that appears click on Manage when that opens you will see the list for Disk Management.

When you are going through these steps you will probably have the dialogue box come up asking if you want want to do the action you just started, just click on continue.

Hope that helps you Nadine, if you need anymore help just ask someone will always be here for you. ;)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Home
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy x360 Convertible 15-bq0xx
    CPU
    AMD A9 Stoney Ridge Technology
    Motherboard
    HP 8312 (Socket FP4)
    Memory
    8.00GB Dual-Channel Unknown (?-0-0-0)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz) 512MB ATI AMD Radeon R5
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Aud
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor on AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    119GB SanDisk SD8SN8U-128G-1006 (SSD)
    931GB Hitachi HGST HTS721010A9E630 (SATA
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse
    Internet Speed
    62.86Mbps down 18.19Mbps up
    Other Info
    EPSON78D0CF (XP-332 335 Series) (Default Printer)
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