Mac OS X
Q: Formatting a hd from a mac/pc... target mode
Hi,
I'm trying to help my mom who has 3 older PCs she wants to get rid of. She wants to erase the hard drives before she donates them.
I know on a Mac you can hold down the "T" key when you boot up and it will appear as a external drive if it is connected to another Mac. I know this works via Firewire and imagine it works via USB.
My question is can this be done on a PC? I want it to appear as a Hard Drive and then use Disk Utilities to format it. I am not concerned with installing Windows on the machines, I am just look for a quick way to erase the content before we donate them.
Thank you for your help
Mac OS, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Posted on Sep 29, 2016 10:31 AM