1. Fat32 Hard Drive Formatter Programming Software

Format Western Digital USB drives or WireFire hard disk drives to bring them to factory configurations as well as restore WD disk icon files WD FAT32 Formatter was reviewed by Olivian Puha 3.0 / 5. Option 2: Reformat the Drive. If you don’t have a ton of data on the drive, the best bet is to copy any data from the drive to somewhere else, reformat the drive, and then copy the data back. All you have to do is right-click on the drive and choose Format. And then select NTFS in the file system drop-down. Finish the format, and copy your data back.

Fat32 Hard Drive Formatter Programming Software

To reformat an external hard drive to the NTFS (Windows) or HFS+ (Mac) file system, please follow the instructions below:

1. Download, unzip, install, and run the WD Quick Formatter for Windows if running Windows, or WD Quick Formatter for Mac if running Mac OSX 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, or 10.9 (Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks).

Note:

WD Quick Formatter for Mac is not supported on macOS Yosemite, El Capitan, or Sierra. It's best to use Disk Utility. Please see Answer ID 8200: How to Partition and Format a WD Drive on Windows and macOS for more information.



2. When the application is started, the WD Quick Formatter's welcome screen will appear displaying the following warning message. After reading the warning, click Continue to move to the next screen.
   
3. Click on Accept to accept the End User License Agreement.
   
4. Next, the application will scan for WD external drives to be formatted.
   
5. Depending on the size of the drive and the Operating System (OS), one of two screens will appear. If the system is running Mac OSX, follow the instructions under the first choice below. If running Windows, however, follow the instructions based on the drive size:
   • When the scanning process comes to an end, there will be a drop down menu listing a WD external drive under Drive to format. This is the screen displayed when the drive is 2TB in size or less. Click on the drop down menu to view and/or select different external drives from the list, should there be additional drives connected to the system. When ready, click on Format Drive.
     
   • On a Windows system and if the drive is greater than 2TB, the screen below will be displayed. Decide if the drive is to be used with a computer running Windows XP. If it might be used on Windows XP, then select XP Compatible.If the drive is not to be used with Windows XP, then select Factory Default. Once this selection is made, click on the drop down menu to view and/or select different external drives from the list, should there be additional drives connected to the system. When ready, click on Format Drive.

     Important: XP Compatible configuration option is not available on Windows 8 and 10

     
     

   Important: If an error is received stating that the drive cannot be unmounted, this means that another application, service, or program is actively using the drive. Proceed to determine what is interacting with the drive and close that application or process prior to formatting the drive. Common programs that may be using the drive are automatic backup programs (such as WD SmartWare), anti-virus, file downloading applications (BitTorrent clients, FTP clients, etc.), and remote access applications. Do not disconnect power while the utility is running.

   
   
6. The WD Quick Formatter will show the progress bar while the format is taking place.
   
7. Once the Format is completed, click on the Format Another Drive button to select another WD external drive to format, or click on the Exit button to exit the program.