FORMAT EXTERNAL HD

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  1. skllcandy

    skllcandy Regular member

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    IS It possible to format an external usb hd without losing the information on it?
     
    skllcandy, Oct 30, 2007
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    No, formatting a hardrive will lose all info, so if you're going to do it then backup all the data onto another HDD or DVDs.
     
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    even if you were to use nortons partition magic?
     
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    If you use Partition Magic, you aren't formatting the drive, you are partitioning the drive. You won't lose your data.
     
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