Can I format my secondary hard drive on another PC?

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• Question: How can I format an external hard drive

  I am trying to use an external hard drive with Time Machine.  He tells me that my external must be formatted in a format "journaled". I can't find any way to do it and the Mac is do not do it either. Can someone tell me how to proceed so that Time Machine works to put in shape?

  If Time Machine is not reformat the disk itself, choose Utilities in the Finder Go menu, open disk utility, select the drive in the sidebar and delete it.

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• Can I save one external hard drive to another on a mac?

  I have just changed Windows for iMac and I have no idea of the backup of the system on a mac.

  I have an external hard drive that is used for the pictures I use Photoshop and Lightroom. I want to know how I can backup this disc on an another external hard drive and update only the files that have changed on the original disc.

  It would be also possible to save the iMac to a third external hard drive?

  I would really appreciate the help.

  The best way to save your Mac's Time Machine. It can save the Mac gradually and keeps a history of backups, so that you can go to different moments in time when you restore your Mac.  Time Machine can also include external drives to the backup, see this link: the basics of the Mac: Time Machine

  If you want to save your Media Player separately use cloning software for updating a copy cloned, for example carbon copy clone.

• The OEM Win XP OS can be installed on a hard drive to another PC to use the OEM PC?

  Hello

  I have a problem. My PC has only one hard disk, I could not format a new HD.

  I need to rely on someone to get in shape for me.

  If I give him my XP OEM installation disc to install this hard drive for the sake of practice, will it work?

  If it works, I get this hard drive on my OEM PC and install it to start and use?

  Or is it necessary for the installation will take place from the DVD on the PC OEM itself drive after formatting by a third party?

  Thank you

  Low

  Hello

  In addition to problems of licenses with the OEM licenses, you cannot install XP on a different computer and then swap disks as bad hardware drivers (motherboard, etc.) would then be included when installing.

  "Or is it necessary for installation will take place from the DVD on the PC OEM itself drive after formatting by a third party?"

  You don't need to get into shape by a 3rd party.

  This should be done during installation

  "How to perform a new Installation of Windows XP"

  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/OperatingSystems/SS/instxpclean1.htm

  See you soon.

• Can I exchange a secondary hard drive?

  I have a system with a 500 GB secondary drive I want to swap in a new system.  Can I plug it into the new system and keep all the data?  Thanks in advance

  I did exactly what you want to do several times and never had any problems (I found that it was the easiest way to move big chunks of data from one machine to another).

• Can I add a secondary hard drive to 1520

  Hi I have an an ins1520 I want to add a 250 GB samsung HD is possible?

  
  

• Secondary hard drive receives the drive letter assigned to the start-up

  I have recently formatted my secondary hard drive, which had been sitting in my empty PC and do nothing for a while, to function as a music folder. The problem I have is that every time you start that I have to manually assign the drive letter, Windows does not automatically. I tried to reformat the hard disk, but it does not solve the problem. In addition, by train to perform a bugcheck gives an error indicating the check cannot be completed. Personally, I have no idea how to solve this problem, and I have not found anyone with the same issue.

  Hi Revolvist,

  There is a possibility that the second hard disk is defective or damaged.

  If the second hard disk is a separate hard drive, I suggest you disconnect the drive from the computer (if possible) and connect to another computer and check if the problem persists.

  Install or remove a hard drive

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/install-or-remove-a-hard-disk-drive

  I hope this helps!

  Halima S - Microsoft technical support.

  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Can not format or partition the drive HARD on Satellite M30

  I have a Toshiba Satellite model No. PSM30E
  And the system is unable to access the HARD disk.
  When I check the Bios setup it can detect the HARD drive.

  When I run windows setup to boot from the CD he sees the HARD disk with the correct size, but it cannot create partitions on it or if it can format the HARD drive. I tried the HARD disk partitioning using another system and I was able to partition and format. But when I plug in the laptop he sees just the whole HARD disk in unpartitioned space and also does not format them or partitioning it.

  Y at - it shaped a locking mechanism that prevents access to the disk partitioning or setting?
  My other question is, perhaps, the problem of the IDE connector?

  Any suggestions or help?

  Hello

  I don t think there is something wrong with the IDE controller. Fact is that the BIOS do not show simple partitions but only whole HARD disk size.
  I put t know how you tried to format the HARD disk or to create partitions on this disk HARD but in fact different OS uses the standards of different format and this may the reason for your problems!

  I think you should try to boot from the original Windows XP CD. Let's launch the setup and format the whole HARD drive and erase all partitions!
  I noticed that Toshiba recovery CD couldn t runs correctly on wrong formatted HDD!

• that winsxs folder can be moved to another partition / secondary hard drive

  Hello

  SINNCE the continuous breeding winsxs folder - can it safely be moved to another partition on the hard drive or a secondary hard drive? -in the affirmative; How?

  Shailesh

  Hello

  SINNCE the continuous breeding winsxs folder - can it safely be moved to another partition on the hard drive or a secondary hard drive? -in the affirmative; How?

  Shailesh

  First of all, read this: http://aspoc.net/archives/2008/11/20/winsxs-disk-space-and-windows-7/ he might change his mind.

  Secondly, yes you can but I (and others) would not recommend it: http://aspoc.net/archives/2008/11/20/winsxs-disk-space-and-windows-7/

• Anyone know where I can get a formatting tool to format an external hard drive to FAT32?

  Anyone know where I can get a formatting tool to format an external hard drive to FAT32 using OEM of Windows 7 (32 bit).

  I want to use a Western Digital elements external Hard Drive 500 GB/GB on my Panasonic Blu RAY recorder DMR-BW850.

  Formatting on W7 tool reformatted hard drives only as exFAT, who does not work, works only FAT32.

  original title: FAT32 formatting help

  Throw on this article. This can be easily done from the command prompt.

  http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/formatting-external-hard-drive-to-FAT-32/

  Remember that you cannot store a file that is greater than 4 GB on a FAT32 partition.

• Old computer is dead, HARD drive still alive. Can I install windows 7 on your new computer without formatting the old HARD drive?

  My old desktop computer recently died of a motherboard failure.  As I understand it, I should be able to install windows 7 from my old computer to the new, but only if I delete the old installation.

  Does this mean that I have to format the old HARD drive?  Because the old computer HARD drive seems to be alive, I would retrieve the data on a new machine first, before I have to format and I need to install windows on the new computer to get the data from the old HARD drive.

  No, it is taken on trust that the old installation is no longer active, there is no mechanism to remove the old license in order to make a valid new. Remove the Windows directory (or rename) makes the old system inoperative.

  You find that the automatic authentication fails on new construction and need to call the licensing Center to check that you have only one installation. Apart from the OEM rules if a license has been activated too often, and recently, it fails in a 1 time.

• Can I install a new HARD drive and use an old backup

  Just, I got my new Dell's HARD drive and need to install it in my Dim 9200. Can I use the old hard drive as a backup drive or secondary without deleting anything or reformatting? I have too many things on the old drive and am not crazy about cloning, I prefer to do a clean install of XP and be able to do things more when I feel the need. Is this possible or am I dreaming.

  Has never done this before so I need help. Thank you.

  Dimension 9200 E6600 2.4 GHz 4 GB DDR2 sdram @ 533 MHZ 4x1Go
  250 GB SATA II Samsung spinpoint drive HARD 8 MB cache 7200 RPM
  Win XP Pro 32 bit OEM Dell

  jgarcia

  After installing the new drive hard SATA and windows installation, etc. and when it works to your satisfaction, put the 'old' drive as the secondary, transfer all the files and folders you need in the new C: / volume, using the option "send to."  Providing the old hard drive has no problems, then the format and partition the drive for additional storage.

  Note. Only files and folders can be transferred, all programs and applications must be reinstalled from their records, or downloaded from the site of the publishers.

  Bev.

• How to format an external hard drive in el capitan

  How to format an external hard drive in el capitan?

  I have a new iMac and bought a WD 2 TB hard drive. The manual says that I have to reformat the hard disk to use it with OS X.

  I opened the disk utility program, but there is no button to format the hard drive.

  How can I manage to reformat the hard drive?

  Select the external drive, and then click clear. Format Mac OS Extended journaled. If you want the drive to be bootable partition with the Guid partition scheme.

• DV7-7333 CL. : need help formatting has replaced hard drive in my laptop

  Greetings,

  I received instructions from HP another volunteer on a bad hard drive replacement. I replaced the hard drive with a new and need someoe to please guide me how to format my new drive hard back to the WIN 10 I had installed on the former. I also buy a 22 pin adapter usb to SATA.

  Another agent said that Windows 10 can be reinstalled on a new drive hard if your installation has been activated before. The activation servers Microsoft just know your computer and will be reactive. You must Access the media creation tool and have it make a bootable DVD player or you need a usb thumb drive at least 4 GB.

  I am in Germany but still do not know the language well enough and could not find a tool for creating Windows Media version in English free repacement.

  I don't know what to do to format my new hard drive... Please help!

  Thank you.

  Wes

  PROBLEM SOLVED (FINALLY)! I just wanted you to know that we have finally understood why the data on the computer with the media to WIN creation tool not was not download on thumb drive = Firewall! Not sure if everyone will have this problem but in collaboration with Windows agent, I happened to see a pop-up window saying something on the analysis of data not allowing not to download. It is therefore sometimes necessary to temporarily disable all firewalls and Web titles before starting the download.

  Follow the instructions of man Las Vegas thread above to create a bootable USB Thumb Drive to replace newly hard drive with OS Windows 10. HOWEVER, the following was not mentioned in his instructions, and not all computers can do this extra step so keep the following in mind if your USB key does not complete the upload.

  Again, to download data, I downloaded on the work computer, a USB key, I had to we need to temporarily disable all the security features on the work computer until you have completed the download of the WIN Media Creation Tool on the thumb drive process (this includes your private web anti-virus, we can use AND/OR the WIN Firewall and other security features available on the led computer. )

  I hope this helps those who have similar problems.

  Thanks again for all your help man Las Vegas thread!

  Kind regards

  Wes

• HP Pavilion dv7 - 3188cl: can I use an external hard drive with my laptop computer?

  Hello

  Can I use an external hard drive from 1 to 2 to my laptop? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

  Hi @ptr1959w!

  Yes, you can use an external hard drive on your laptop - just connect via one of the USB ports on your machine, partition and format it in disk management, and you should be ready to go. Here is an article with the steps you can follow to do this:

  http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?ID=ou7o9Q

  Hope this helps, and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

  See you soon!