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 From the drop down list shown above there are two sensible options to choose to format your disk.
o Choosing 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' (also known as HFS+) will make your drive compatible
only with a Mac, and a Windows computer will not even be able to see what is on it. (Unless
MacDrive or another similar program is installed on the PC.)
o Choosing 'MS-DOS File System' (also known as FAT32) will make your drive completely
compatible with both a Mac and Windows computer, but you cannot make a file any larger than
4GB. This is the same as formatting as FAT32 under Windows, however unlike Windows there
isn't an artificial restriction which limits creating disks in FAT32 format which are bigger than
32GB.
 Whichever option you choose, you are now ready to format your drive. If you wish you can choose a
new name for your hard drive, after doing that click the 'Erase' button and you will see a warning, press
the 'Erase' button on the warning to continue. You will now have to wait a short time while your drive is
formatted, once this is done it will appear in the Finder and you can now write files to your external hard
drive from your Mac.