I just bought an external hard drive and I was told by a friend that I should format it to NTFS, since currently it's FAT32 and supposedly NTFS is better (that's true, right?).
I'm reading stuff about partitioning the drive, but I'm not sure if I need to do it or not. There will be no operating system files on this external drive, just music and photos and stuff. This being the case- do I need a partition? If so, how big a partition do I need? Any info anyone can provide would be great appreciated here, because I'm sort of flying blind, as if you couldn't tell.
Thanks very much!
2007-05-28 15:36:29 · 3 answers · asked by snaithbert 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
No need to go that far, if you havent used it yet, just right-click on the drive and format it in NTFS format.
2007-05-28 15:44:56 · answer #1 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NTFS is better, but it is only supported by Windows 2000 and later. If you intend to ever use this drive on a computer using Windows 98 or ME then it would not be compatible.
Partitioning is a matter of choice, but seeing as the drive is an external one, I see no need to do that. It won't change the operation, it will just split the drive up and assign more drive letters to it.
2007-05-28 22:49:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree that you should format your external hard drive to NTFS but there is no need to partition it.
2007-05-28 22:42:41 · answer #3 · answered by wbcsas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋