WD Ultra hard-drive - need to use with PC but previously used with Mac

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Hello,

I had purchased a WD Ultra hard-drive some time ago now, and had used it with a PC initially, and then formatted it so that I could use it with my Macbook Pro.

However, since I last used the hard-drive I have sold the Macbook and gone back to using a PC. I wondered if there was a way of ensuring the PC recognises the hard-drive without having to format it - as I don’t have any way to transfer over the data (includes general files photos / images from weddings, honeymoons etc).

If anyone can help would be much appreciated.

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Best bet would be to use something like Paragon (which might be free as long as you’re only READING from the drive) to copy the data over to a temporary space, then reformat the disk and then move it back.

If you want access for both PC and Mac, format it as exFAT.