HT204087: About Windows Migration Assistant
Learn about About Windows Migration Assistant
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Apr 9, 2016 12:46 PM in response to Angel-92by BobTheFisherman,Format the drive for your Mac. It is now formatted NTFS for Windows. Mac computers can not write to NTFS formatted drives.
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Apr 9, 2016 12:46 PM in response to Angel-92by Duane,The drive is probably formatted as NTFS. The Mac can read the files but can not save files to an NTFS formatted drive.
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Apr 9, 2016 12:55 PM in response to BobTheFishermanby Angel-92,Would you please tell me the steps of how to do that? I am afraid that all my files will be deleted after formatting
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Apr 9, 2016 12:56 PM in response to Angel-92by BobTheFisherman,The files on the drive will be deleted when you format.
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Apr 9, 2016 12:56 PM in response to Angel-92by Duane,Angel-92 wrote:
Would you please tell me the steps of how to do that? I am afraid that all my files will be deleted after formatting
You are correct. The reformatting will delete all the files from the disk.
Before you reformat the drive you should make a complete backup.
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Apr 9, 2016 1:03 PM in response to Duaneby Angel-92,Would you please tell me how to backup my files on this hard drive?
Thank you!
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Apr 9, 2016 1:05 PM in response to Angel-92by Duane,Connect a 2nd external hard drive. Drag all the files from the first drive to the second drive.