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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ToneThugsNHarmony on 2025-07-23 18:42:45.

I have a hard drive that is about 5 years old that I used when I primarily used a MacBook Air. I believe that it was formatted in EXFAT, but I’m not certain.

Haven’t used the hard drive in years, but now I need to and don’t have a computer at home.

Rather than purchasing a new Apple product, I would prefer to just get a cheap Chromebook, but like I said I’m not 100% certain of the formatting, so…

  1. Is there a way to figure out the formatting of the hard drive without buying a new computer?

And

  1. If I buy a Chromebook is it likely to be able to read the hard drive?
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