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littled21
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Registered: ‎01-17-2010
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500gb for pc formatted for mac and now i need it back in pc mode!

HII please help!

I just bought the 500gb freeagent go for pc and I had planned on using it for my mac so I followed these (http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207851) instructions to reformat it for my macbook pro. Then my Mother offered to buy it from me so I could get a larger size but she has a PC so now I need to reformat it back to make it PC accessible.  

When I plug it into her PC (running windows XP) and try to follow the instructions posted here (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309000) I cannot right-click on my drive to create new partitions, format, etc. ... Well actually I can right-click but all of the options are grey-ed out and so I can't do anything.  I've read through the forum and I cant seem to find anyone else that has the same problem in the Disk Management program. 

Pleaseee help soon because I have to go finish this by Tuesday!  

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fzabkar
Posts: 4,661
Registered: ‎01-27-2009
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Re: 500gb for pc formatted for mac and now i need it back in pc mode!

Are you logged on as administrator?

You could try Seagate's DiscWizard:

http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/drivers/discwiz.html

User Guide:

http://www.seagate.com/support/discwizard/dw_ug.en.pdf

See Chapter 11 - Adding a new hard disc.