Gary Goldblum

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

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