Format external hard disk for Mac and Windows

You can format your external hard disk for Mac and Windows. To have it works on both you need to select “MS DOS File System” for formatting your hard disk.
To format your hard disk for Mac and Windows on Mac follow the steps below:
    •    Go to Finder -> Application -> Utilities
    •    Double click for Disk Utility
    •    Select the external Hard Disk you wish to format at the left column
    •    Click on the Erase tab
    •    At the “Volume Format” select “MS-DOS File System”
    •    If you confirm to format your hard disk for mac and windows, Click on “Erase” button.
    •    Pop up window will ask to verify the erase procedure. Click the erase button again in the window to start the erase process.
* All the data in the external hard disk will be permanently removed after this steps.
    •    Once the erase process finish, your external hard disk may be able to use in Mac and Windows.

Its suitable also for thumb drive/flash disk