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ElaineLuria
Sep 08, 2025Iron Contributor
My Passport Hard Drive
I've been using a WD My Passport hard drive on my Mac for years, and my Mac is the only device that recognises and lets me use it. Now that my Mac is on its way out, I want to put what's on my Mac th...
Nayaoh
Sep 16, 2025Iron Contributor
Since your WD My Passport drive is currently formatted as Mac OS Extended (HFS+), it isn't natively recognized by Windows, and reformatting it will erase all data. To convert it for use on your Windows laptop without losing data, you'll need to perform a data migration first, then reformat the drive to a Windows-compatible file system.