It's no secret to anyone that our external hard drives tend to become our right hand in those everyday tasks at the office, university and even at home.
How to Carry out Toshiba HDD Data Recovery on Mac (MacOS 10.13 High Sierra included)? Can't put files onto Toshiba external… - Apple Community!.So, I really need a solution to wipe the Toshiba external hard drive before I sell it. Is there any way to completely wipe the Toshiba external hard drive and permanently erase my data? Data recovery software can recover my deleted files. Then use third-party software for Windows like MacDrive. Does this mean I can only use my external hard drive on Apple products? Will changing to apples format inhibit me from using my external hard drive on Windows operating systems and will reformatting completely wipe the entire hard drive? Posted on Apr 18, AM. I understand that if I go into Disk Utilities I can change the format of the external hard drive. When i click and drag the file, a rejection cross appears and it doesn't allow me to transfer the files. I have a number of files saved onto my MacBook Air which I would like to transfer to my Toshiba hard-drive. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.