WD passport 400 GB HDD questions

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buangka77

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so i just got this in the mail and before i start doing anything, i had a couple questions about it.

Should i use the FAT32 format it comes in or reformat to NFTS? I honestly don't know much about either

Can i run programs such as microsoft word off it to make more room on the internal?

i think thats it unless there is anything else prudent for a noob to know about these. thanks so much
 
A Cheese Danish

A Cheese Danish

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Usually FAT32 will suffice. But you can do NTFS afaik. Haven't messed around with them.
And yes, you can install programs on and run programs off the external drive.
 
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smajer

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Hello,

I suggest going with NTFS, FAT32, for example, can only handle files up to 4GB in size.
So you won't be able to copy a file larger then 4gb at a time. So say you have piratesofthecarabean.dvdr.iso at 4.34GB, it won't copy.
 
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