Good day everyone! i purchased a Buffalo Ministation Lite 320G HD-PEU2, and like any other portable external hard drive, its preformatted to FAT32 right?
I would like to format the Drive to an NTFS File System. May i ask, should i do a "Quick Format" or "Full Format"? I understand that formatting it in full would likely take a bit longer. What is your recommendation? Quick or Full.
Thank you in advance.
I would suggest the quick format. When you do a full format it full writes 0s to all the sectors which makes sure all the data is gone. since its a new unit there's no need.
Hi JoshC,
Thank you so much for your assistance. I highly appreciate it.
Oh by the way just another question, should i just go to my computer, right click on the external drive labeled as HD-PEU2 and click format or is it better to do it on Disk management? Thanks again.
There is no difference you can do it either way:smileywink:
Thank you again for the help JoshC. :smileyhappy:
Not a problem. If you ever need help again feel free to post away!
Ok i will. Thanks.:smileyvery-happy: