Hacking How to restore an external HD for computer use?

[jeffwolf1224]

Hello everyone! I have a 2 TB external HD that was formatted some years ago for use with the Wii. The boys have grown and moved out now, so the Wii does not get used at all anymore. I would like to have the HD back to use on my computer. Can anyone tell me how to go about doing this? Is it as simple as simply reformatting the HD, or will it be more difficult than that? Thanks for any advice you can give me on this!

 

[godreborn]

just reformat the hdd. if it's in wbfs format, you may have to go into disk management, delete the partition, then create a new one.

 

[jeffwolf1224]

@godreborn what happens if I need to do that and I don't? I'm pretty sure I know how to do that, but in the event I don't...........

 

[Hayato213]

If you don't format it then windows won't be able to read the 2TB.