Luckily, the answer is yes.įormatting a hard disk/drive refers to delete all the file & folders save on a drive and set a certain file system for it. Some users said they clicked on the Format disk button by mistake when seeing the prompt window mentioned above they were wondering if there’s any way to help them recover a formatted hard drive. Is there any other way to read a Mac-formatted drive on Windows? Sure, it is some effective ways used by other users will be shown to you later on this page. Why? That is simply because the formatting action will damage your data saved on that drive. You should click Cancel instead of Format disk when seeing this prompt. But after connecting the Mac-formatted drive to Windows, a prompt window will pop up automatically on the screen, saying that they need to format the disk before use.
Some took action: they removed the drive from Mac and connected it to a Windows PC properly. Many people doubt that whether they can read Mac drive on Windows.
