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Format of an External Hard Drive

etnarama
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Posted : Mar 4, 2006 17:07

Well this external HD 250G SATA is formatted in Fat32 but now i wanna format and the options are only in NFTS should i do it? or what? i don't use it to produce is just to backup and download stuff into.

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micromusic

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Posted : Mar 4, 2006 22:37

If you're running windows 2000 or xp you'll be fine.

Jeto
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Posted : Mar 5, 2006 00:12

In control panel... go to administrative tools and then computer managment.

Under "Storage" go to Disk Management

You should be able to do it in here ...

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etnarama
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Posted : Mar 5, 2006 03:36

My question is, can i do it (pass from Fat32 to NFTS, will it work)??? more opinions, please.

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Posted : Mar 5, 2006 11:07

"pass from"? You mean "switch to"?

NTFS is the standard, has been for years, I'm not understanding what problems you're worried about running into.

You're formatting the drive, right? There's no files to lose?

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Posted : Mar 5, 2006 14:06

yes you can format in NTFS but after you will not be able to return to FAT32 ( i have already crashed a DD like this )
NTFS is important if you had files which make more than 5 gigas .

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etnarama
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Posted : Mar 5, 2006 16:02

The HD is empty, and the options to format are NFTS, at the moment the HD is formatted in Fat32 (it came like this). My question is: can i switch to NFTS, will the HD work properly or will i have problems with it?
I don't wanna switch to NFTS and then the HD will die or start working badly, know what i mean?

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Posted : Mar 5, 2006 17:21

It will work just fine...just make sure teh power doesnt go off or your computer crashes while the conversion is going on. .. better safe than sorry bro..

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