Reformat HDD after Tablo use?

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Does anyone know how to reformat an External HDD after use with a Tablo? I bought a larger HDD and would like to use the drive on my PC.

I plug it into my PC (Win 10) amnd see the “please wait while installing” and then nothing - drive does not appear in the list.

Thanks
Ian

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@Ian

You have to format it using Windows Disk Manager located in the control panel

You’ll see your plugged in drive here and can format it, give it a new Drive Letter, etc

Chas

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You need to use the disk management utility in Windows to delete the partition on the drive. Create a new partition and format the drive in NTFS or FAT32.

The Tablo uses a Linux based partition which is not recognized in Windows.

http://www.disk-partition.com/windows-10/windows-10-disk-management-0528.html

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