Portable Hard disk

nb3selvan · 09-04-2007, 04:06 AM

hi,
can anyone teach me how to reformat external hard disk to NTFS file system.
my pc can't detect the external drive.

thanks

patrickv · 09-04-2007, 04:18 AM

Hi, first of all it's just a matter of the PC actually finding the drive.
does it show the removable (eject) button on the taskbar ?
or you can right-click on "my computer"-->"manage"-->"Disk Management"
over there you will be abble to know if your disk is there or if it is foreign and what not

luckyedboy66 · 09-04-2007, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nb3selvan

hi,
can anyone teach me how to reformat external hard disk to NTFS file system.
my pc can't detect the external drive.

thanks

ya, does anybody know what risks are involved with reformatting an external drive? mine is fat32, and i hear that it isnt as good as NTFS, so i thought i would format it to NTFS...good/bad idea?

brian · 09-04-2007, 04:52 AM

i do it all the time. i dont think there is a problem

patrickv · 09-04-2007, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luckyedboy66

ya, does anybody know what risks are involved with reformatting an external drive? mine is fat32, and i hear that it isnt as good as NTFS, so i thought i would format it to NTFS...good/bad idea?

backup your stuff and format to NTFS theres nothing wrong, with NTFS thats why its called NEW TECHNOLOGY FILE SYSTEM, fat is going to die in about some years time

!!
i have an external 160GB which i formatted to fat but apparently it doens't want to take more than 80Gb, so i format to NTFS

brian · 09-04-2007, 05:05 AM

ya the only problem is linux needs to crack into ntfs to write to it still am waiting

nb3selvan · 09-04-2007, 07:08 AM

Thanks. it s working now and i manage to format it

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nb3selvan New Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 10	Portable Hard disk hi, can anyone teach me how to reformat external hard disk to NTFS file system. my pc can't detect the external drive. thanks

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patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,426	Hi, first of all it's just a matter of the PC actually finding the drive. does it show the removable (eject) button on the taskbar ? or you can right-click on "my computer"-->"manage"-->"Disk Management" over there you will be abble to know if your disk is there or if it is foreign and what not __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2 Home: Core Duo E2180 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,Nvidia GForce 6200TB,320 GB (2x160GB) -Dual boot - XP / OSX 10.5.2

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brian Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Age: 16 Posts: 3,635	i do it all the time. i dont think there is a problem __________________ formerly brianmay27 Main laptop: hp dv9005us \| turion 64 X2 1.6 ghz \| 3 GB ram \| Vista ultimate \| 240 GB HD First build: pentium e2160 3.2 GHz \| gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| 2.5 GB ram \| 160GB HD If you can see this, you have WAY TOO much time on your hand. Or you're a mod going through my sig. But if you do, copy and past this in your sig.

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brian Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Age: 16 Posts: 3,635	ya the only problem is linux needs to crack into ntfs to write to it still am waiting __________________ formerly brianmay27 Main laptop: hp dv9005us \| turion 64 X2 1.6 ghz \| 3 GB ram \| Vista ultimate \| 240 GB HD First build: pentium e2160 3.2 GHz \| gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| 2.5 GB ram \| 160GB HD If you can see this, you have WAY TOO much time on your hand. Or you're a mod going through my sig. But if you do, copy and past this in your sig.

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nb3selvan New Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 10	Thanks. it s working now and i manage to format it

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