I'd say Linux is probably in the same boat as well with 512 bytes the only option. You can try formatting using larger sector sizes like 2KB and 4KB in another OS but I suspect that NTFS probably won't mount them given it doesn't allow this option in the Format command in the first place.
#HOW TO FORMAT WD ELEMENTS 2TB TO FAT32 FREE#
The Wikipedia page states that the max UDF volume size is "2 TiB (with 512 byte sectors), 8 TiB (with 2 KiB sectors, like most optical discs), 16 TiB (with 4 KiB sectors)" however the NTFS /? format command does not list any sector size options and entering anything other than /A:512 immediately comes back with the error "UDF FORMAT does not support user selected allocation unit sizes." and I'm thinking that 512 bytes may be the only available option in which case if your happy to only create a 2TB UDF partition on your 4TB drive and leave the rest of it free then this is a viable option. Now, I am trying to use it on my MacBook Pro, and it lights up, its also recognized by my mac, I can see it on Disk Utility, but I cant open it.
#HOW TO FORMAT WD ELEMENTS 2TB TO FAT32 FOR MAC#
The above requirements cannot be met using the specified I have a 2TB external drive called WD My Passport for Mac Its been over a year since I last used it on my iMac. Default settingsĪre strongly recommended for general use.įormat will immediately stop processing if it decides that A:size Overrides the default allocation unit size. D UDF 2.50 only: Metadata will be duplicated. R:revision UDF only: Forces the format to a specific UDF version FS:filesystem Specifies the type of the file system (FAT, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS,or UDF). Click to expand.Any reason you haven't considered UDF? You will need to format it using the highest version both OS's will support, according to the Wikipedia page in MacOS you use newfs_udf and Windows also has had read and write support for it since I think Vista and you can only do it from the command line e.g.įORMAT volume
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