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Question: Can WD Elements SE Portable 500 GB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive be used on Windows after reformatting for Mac?
Document: WD Elements SE Portable 500 GB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive - WDBPCK5000ABK-NESNHad to give it one star because these are cheap and they work-barely. I purchased three of these to archive some old vhs tapes and they serve the purpose for this, but their performance is comparable to a good USB2 thumb drive or SD chip.I benchmarked this unit with SiSoftware Sandra tool in USB2 mode since I don't have USB3 interface on this machine.
Western Digital WD Elements SE Portable 750 GB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive - WDBPCK7500ABK-NESN. A high quality product is fast and with this I resolved a space's problem on my hard drive.
The WD Elements SE Portable 1 TB USB 3 external hard drive was a great choice for quick backup of my files from one computer to the next. The price was reasonable. The size is compact and easy to store when not being used. The data reliability has been what I expected. The ordering was easy and the backup HD was delivered quickly. I would recommend purchasing this product.
This is the second WD Elements SE Portable 500 GB External HD I have purchased, the first one was for the church I work at, they are wonderfully portable and easy to use, love them!
I own one 500GB drive that's 7 years old and still working fine without a hiccup. I also own 2 1TB Elements portable drives used daily for over 3 years with the same results and finally a 1TB Elements USB 3.0 portable drive. Oh yeah these elements portable drives work fantastically and consistently together and with other external drives without installing stupid unnecessary programs that you should at least have a choice as to your needs require them.
I was in a crunch to get an immediate replacement for a newer Lenovo portable F360 HDD (500 GB, USB 2.0) that has been extremely unstable and unreliable. That Lenovo drive would lose connection with Windows in the middle of any kind of operation from even a slight vibration of the USB cable - GOD forbid I actually touch the drive or cable, which would caused it to lose connection every time.
I just wanted a simple backup drive so I would not lose photos and docs that I couldn't replace (at least without a great deal of work).This WD Elements  500 GB  external Hard Drive fit the bill perfectly.Easy to use, pretty much plug and play.The 500 GB is plenty of room for my needs.I like it so much I am going to buy it a nice case!
Same reliable WD Elements HD Drive with more storage (500 GByte was the old standard. )Adds USB 3.0 but my laptop doesn't have one :-( so I can't give impression of speed increase.Interface seems faster with USB 2 also. Don't like that it's fatter because the old size fit well inmy computer case.
Although the picture can fool the eye - this is a portable drive. If you are familiar with the more popular WD Elements this one is tiny. It has a 2.5 inch drive - the same size in most laptops. You can drop it in your pocket and take off. Just don't drop on the floor and don't forget to take the cable. It is USB 3.0.
Awesome hard drive so far! It is small and compact. Elements fits it perfectly. Just the basics, no bloatware. It only has one USB cable for both power and data transfer which is perfect. USB 3.0 transfers fast! Drive is quiet. It's a WD, best brand out there. This hard drive will not disappoint you!
Answer: It completely depends on how you format the hard drive and from which computer you format it from (from Windows or Mac). You will have several options for formatting the drive in disk utility on a Mac, including MacOS extended (journaled) and MS-DOS file system (which will end up being FAT32). Windows AND Mac can read from FAT32 partitions, but *only* Mac can read from MacOS extended (which, if you are using the drive as a time machine, you need to format it as - note: unless you have a very specific application that needs it, choose the MacOS extended WITHOUT case sensitivity). To use the drive for both time machine and MS-Dos compatibility, just choose to make two partitions and choose one of each! You find this option in the pull down menu called "volume scheme".So, if you format from Mac and are not using the whole drive for Time Machine, make a second MS-DOS file system partition. That one will be readable by both. If you just want one that will transfer files between the two systems and don't use Time Machine, just make one that is MS-DOS file system.If instead you are formatting from Windows, choose ExFAT or FAT32 to make a cross-compatible drive. NTFS will be readable, but not natively write to it (you would need to procure another program that allows Mac to write to NTFS). Note that you won't be able to use Time Machine with either of these choices.Edit: If needed, you could also subsequently reformat the whole drive for windows usage, but you would lose all stored data. So be careful!