Formatting an external hard disk
By zenith2007
@zenith2007 (241)
Italy
February 4, 2008 1:01pm CST
My external hard disk is formatted FAT 32 but I would like to be formatted in NFTS. They told me that I must do this to bring the hardware to someone who fixes computers that opens the envelope and connect the disk to EIDE cable for formatted in NTFS.
I think that this procedure is wrong and I am losing the warranty.
While I prefer that the casing is intact, there is an alternative to format my hard disk to NTFS?
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2 responses
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
4 Feb 08
Maybe you can bring it to the shop where you bought that external hard disk and have them format it for you. But in my case, I'll just connect it to our computer and do the formatting like usual. The benefits of NTFS over FAT 32.. then again, there are certain devices that still uses FAT 32 on their memories or even expandable ones. for one thing, FAT 32 can't handle files amounting to over 4 Gigabytes compared to a NTFS ^_^
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@sunshinelady (7609)
• United States
17 Feb 08
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@sunshinelady (7609)
• United States
17 Feb 08
Sorry I forgot to put the site address in the above response. Here it is:
www.worldstart.com
It is a great site to use. And it is free.
