Formatting External Drive

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by redryder, Aug 9, 2009.

  1. redryder

    redryder Private First Class

    I have a Seagate External, 500GB, Uses USB Port. I have a backup of my old computer which used XP Windows. I would like to format the drive and backup my new computer which uses Windows Vista Home Premium. Could I click on the drive and click format? Thanks for any help you can give me.
    Red
     
    redryder, Aug 9, 2009
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Yes you can plug in the drive and in Computer, right click the drive in question and click format.
     
    DavidGP, Aug 9, 2009
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  3. hrlow2

    hrlow2 MajorGeek

    I do mine through Disk Management in Administrative Tools.
     
    hrlow2, Aug 9, 2009
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  4. redryder

    redryder Private First Class

    Thanks for the help, Guys. I appreciate all of the people who have been so much help to me for a long time.
    Red
     
    redryder, Aug 9, 2009
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