Will my mac reformat a wd external drive that is formatted for windows

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Password Protection with 256-Bit AES Hardware. Important: Make sure to back up any important data on the drive. WD Discovery software can also be used to manage your drive settings such as reformatting, LED control and more.

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The new WD FAT32 Formatter v2.0 will copy all the new WDxxxx.bin files to the C:\Program Files\Western Digital Corp\WD FAT32 Formatter\Images folder.Next, double-click on the ExtFAT32v2.0.msi file to install the new WD FAT32 Formatter version 2.0 on your system.This will remove all WDxxxx.bin files from the C:\WINDOWS\system32 directory. If the internal hard drive of your Mac is full, you can use this external hard drive to back up and save all your data. Once you've removed the old version, double-click on the DeleteBinFilesFromSystem32 program (found in the new FAT32 Formatter folder).Using Windows Add or Remove Programs found in the Control Panel, remove the older version of ExtFAT32 Formatter. Your My Passport Go drive is formatted as a single exFAT partition for compatibility with updated Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.If you already have an older version of WD FAT32 Formatter installed on your system, you will need to remove it first.Use an extraction utility such as WinZip to extract the files.Download the ExtFat32_vs2.00.zip file to your desktop.