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Reading PC-formatted hard drives using your Mac is easy enough. Just plug in the drive, then access the files you need to use. But writing to that drive? Well, that's a little more complicated. This is due to the fact that NTFS, the file system utilized by Windows PCs, has limited support on Mac. While you can read files from these drives just fine, if you need to write to a PC-formatted hard drive, you'll need some third-party software to get the job done.

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Sep 26, 2015 Cannot Format my External Hard drive So I try to do so, and Windows tells me that there's a program using the external drive. I attempt to format anyway since I know there's no programs using the drive, and after a minute the formatting comes to a stop and I get a message saying it's unable to format. Mar 15, 2018 Most Mac users will be better off formatting external drives with exFAT, ensuring they work well on both Windows and Mac OS X without any extra work. If you must write to an NTFS drive, one of the paid, third-party drivers will be the easiest option with the best performance and least risk of file corruption. Many people think it is hard to format the windows drive on Macintosh. No worry, actually it is not impossible to realize it no matter you use an external or internal drive of your windows system. We here will show you the full guides on how to format FAT32 and NTFS drives on Mac as an example.

Here are the tools you can use to work with NTFS-formatted drives on your Mac.

Microsoft NTFS for Mac

What many consider to be the go-to for writing to NTFS drives on a Mac, Microsoft NTFS comes from developer Paragon Software. It gives you complete control over how your Mac interacts with NTFS-formatted drives, letting you edit, copy, and delete files from them as though your machine had native support. The app also lets you choose how NTFS drives mount when attached to your Mac. You can choose to mount in read-only mode if you don't want to accidentally modify files but you still need access to them, or you can even choose not to mount automatically.

Microsoft NTFS for Mac is available directly from Paragon Software for $19.95 after a 10-day free trial.

Tuxera NTFS for Mac

Like Microsoft NTFS, Tuxera's app lets you edit, copy, and delete files on NTFS drive on your Mac. Tuxera NTFS uses smart caching technology to speed up transfers, maintaining a sustained speed as files are moved between your external drive and your Mac. It also features failsafe technology designed to protect against unexpected power loss or an unexpected unplugging of your drive, both of which could cause data loss or even damage the drive. Tuxera also includes support for NTFS extended attributes and works with virtualization software like Parallels and VMware Fusion.

Tuxera NTFS is available from Tuxera for $31 after a 15-day free trial.

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Other tools

While Paragon and Tuxera provide paid tools that integrate themselves with your Mac and do all of the necessary setup during the installation process, there are free tools that you can install, but they take some work. Fuse for macOS, for instance, requires that you use the Terminal. You'll also need to install NTFS-3G, which allows you to manually mount and write to NTFS drives. The problem is that installing NTFS-3G is a major security risk by the project's own admission, as the mount tool runs with root permissions, leaving your system exposed to possible attack. This method can't really be recommended, but it is possible.

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If you've got any questions about working with NTFS drives on your Mac, let us know in the comments.

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(Solved) - External hard drive won't format HELP

I have an LG external hard drive which I unplugged one day without doing the safe eject. Now it won't work. The computer recognize its existence on the F drive and disk management says the status is healthy (primary partition) But it will not format. Under File system, the drive is described as RAW. I do not need to recover the data but I got it only six months ago and hate to have to throw it away and buy a new one. Any help would be much appreciated.

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Try this, with the drive attached;

From command prompt type: Convert f: /FS:NTFS

Mike

Thanks Mike but the formatting was unsuccessful because it is a RAW volume. I tried doing the formatting from Disk Management but that did not work either. Any thoughts on what else can be done? The status is still marked as healthy

Go to Disk Management and delete partition and volume until you have unallocated space. Then start anew by defining a new simple partition.

take the drive out of the enclosure. get a new enclosure or a USB 'bridge' that reads sATA and try above stuff again. and get a fresh USB cord

Thanks WHS. I did that and now, six hours later it says 8% is formatted. Does this sound right to you?

Hi 202D - thanks for the suggestion but I am a bit of a novice. What is an enclosure and how do I take the drive out? Is there a link you know that explains these things?

Did you make the new partition NTFS.

@202d, Why would you suggest the Op get a new enclosure? The drive was working. All new USB drives are SATA drives. The original older ones that you purchased just an enclosure you could put an IDE drive in it.

8% in 6 hours does not sound right. Do the following>

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Go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. Right click on Command Prompt and 'Run as Administrator'. Into the black window type:

chkdsk /f

Then press Enter. That will run for a while and fix any bad sectors. When that is done, run these commands in the same window - each followed by Enter

Diskpart
List disk
Select disk n (where n is the number that was given in List Disk for your disk in question)
Format /fs:NTFS Quick

When that is done, continue in the same window

Select disk n (same as above)
Create partition primary

And still in the same window

List volume
Select volume n (n is probably 0)
Assign letter=M (or any other higher letter )
Exit

Now you should have a volume with one partition M that should show in Computer.

Hi WHS. I got as far as
DISKPART> SELECT DISK 1
DISK 1 IS NOW THE SELECTED DISK.

I pressed RETURN.
DISKPART> (THEN I TYPED) /fs:NTFS Quick

I pressed return and I got this message:
The arguments specified for this command are not valid. For more information on the command tupe: HELP FORMAT

I typed HELP and was told (among a lot of other technical terms) that a volume must be selected for this operation to succeed.

So what should I do now?

When you typed
diskpart
list disk
There should have been a volume assigned to the disk you want to format.
re read the last paragraph that whs posted above.

EDIT: you may need to type
detail volume
to get the volume information

Try a LIST VOLUME followed by a SELECT VOLUME (the right one from the list). Then do the FORMAT.

@WHS @Germ-X. Thanks people but no luck. The list volume worked.

The info is:
Volume 5, (LTR) F, no info under Label, (Fs) RAW, (Type) Partition, (Size) 298GB, (Status) Healthy.

Then DISKPART came up and I did the following:

DISKPART> Select Volume 5

Volume 5 is the slected volume

DISKPART> Format /fs:NTFS Quick

The arguments specified for this command for not valid.
for more info type HELP FORMAT

DISKPART> HELP FORMAT
blah blah..A volume must be selected for this operation to succeed
Examples:
FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL='NEW vOLUME' QUICK COMPRESS
FORMAT RECOMMENDED OVERRIDE

This is where I am up to so far and I did do the chkdsk so I presume the hardware on the external hard drive is OK. Help is much appreciated.

DiskPart <ENTER>

list disk <ENTER>

select disk X <ENTER> X=Disk Number

clean all <ENTER> Will take time

list disk <ENTER>

select disk X <ENTER> X=Disk Number

create partition primary <ENTER>

format fs=ntfs quick <ENTER> NO slash

active <ENTER>

exit <ENTER>

exit <ENTER>

Reboot and check Letter assigned in Windows Disk Management

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@Raphoenix. Thanks I will give it a try tonight when I go home and let you all know how it goes. I am sure there are many people who have unplugged their USB by mistake.

Hi. The latest in the saga:

Diskpart> Select disk 1

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

Diskpart> Clean all

DiskPart has encountered an error. The remote procedure call failed.
See the System Event Log for more information.

I WENT TO THE SYSTEM EVENT LOG AND IT HAS THESE ENTRIES:

ERROR: The Virtual Disk service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 60000 milliseconds: Restart the service. <SERVICE CONTROL MANAGER>

INFORMATION: The WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service service entered the running state. <SERVICE CONTROL MANAGER>

INFORMATION: SerVIce started.<VIRTUAL DISK SERVICE>

INFORMATION: The Virtual Disk service entered the running state. <SERVICE CONTROL MANAGER>

INFORMATION: The Multimedia Class Scheduler service entered the stopped state. <SERVICE CONTROL MANAGER>

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If you are willing download this free partition utility > burn to Cd > change your boot order > then boot your system and look at your drive.
You will be able to see if it is partitioned correctly then make any corrections as needed. You can also format from PW
http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html
Scroll down about mid page and download the free bootable version

Just a thought. Have you tried to 'Initialize' the drive in disc management. I remember having to do something of the sort on my external.
Raph and WHS can probably tell you a little more then I can.

@rdunseith, If you have time take a look at PW you can do everything and more then disk management. I think you will like it.
I use Paragon which is about the same as PW.
The reason I suggest PW over diskpart is you can boot with it and has a graphical interface which makes it a little easier for the majority of computer users to use. You can see what you are doing and also it prompts you before actually making any changes.

g-x

Thanks Germ,
I usually just use Windows repair disk that raph suggested in an earlier topic or g-parted bootable cd. I do like that PW has an option for bootable flash drive. Going to give it a go on my test system to see if I like it better.

Robert

Thank you everybody. IT WORKED .. but in a VERY STRANGE way. This is what happened.

1. I downloaded PW and clicked on create partition and then format partition (Other options were greyed out). I was told the operation was successful.
2. I went to computer management and looked at disk management. It still told me the volume was RAW. I repeated STEP 1 and rebooted but still the volume showed up as raw.
3. Then I clicked on create partition but this time I set the size at only 50GB (my drive is 300GB). Gave it a new drive letter (not F:). Formatted the partition. It worked.
4. So I got greedy and resized the partition to 298GB. PW says the operation was successful but disk management told me the volume was RAW.
5. So I repeated Step 3 with the 50GB size. It worked again.
6. Then I thought I would be smart. I created a new partititon with 225GB and gave it a new drive letter. The new partition worked but the old 50GB partition turned RAW again.
7. I started from scratch. Deleted the entire volume and began again with PW. I still put in two partitions but sized 50GB and 138GB. THAT WORKED.

I conclude there must be some bad sectors that chkdsk could not fix. That is why when I tried formatting the entire external hard drive it did not work.

CURIOUSLY:
1. On disk management, it shows I now have four partitions. The two that I had set up. And two more: One that says 78GB of free space and one that says 27GB unallocated.
2. On PW, it shows I have four partitions. Two with drive letters that I had set up. And THREEadditional partitions each labelled *: (asterisk-colon). File system is unallocated and type is logical.

I might not have all the 300GB back but I am very very happy to have more than half of it back. So thank you again everyone. I really appreciate you all taking the time to help.

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