Error msg "this disc cannot be used to store a picture Windows complete PC backup because it is not formatted with NTFS.

Original title: what is NTFS?
When you try to do a full up, I get the error msg "this disc cannot be used to store a picture Windows complete PC backup because it is not formatted with NTFS.  My OS is Windows Vista Ultimate Edition.

What is NTFS?

What type of disc to I use to make a backup?

Hi Heather_604,

There are two ways you can do: you can convert the external hard drive to NTFS, or you can format the external hard drive to NTFS.

Personally, I suggest that you format the external hard drive, but this will remove all data from the drive. Temporarily, you can copy what is on the hard drive on your C: drive if you have enough free space (or DVD) - once the external hard drive is formatted NTFS, you can copy everything back.

Formatting disks and drives
 http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/formatting-disks-and-drives

Examine everything under view all. also check How can I add a new HDD? If Vista not recognize the external drive in see computer management - disk, the link create and format a hard disk partition management:

Create and format a hard disk partition
 http://Windows.Microsoft.com/fr-FR/Windows-Vista/create-and-format-a-hard-disk-partition

If you want to convert the external hard drive to NTFS, see the link in my original answer and:

Convert a FAT32 to NTFS disk in Windows Vista
 http://News.Softpedia.com/news/convert-a-FAT32-disk-to-NTFS-in-Windows-Vista-51792.shtml

Converting an external hard drive to NTFS
(see r. v. White second after correction of typo in his post punch)
 http://Forum.Soft32.com/Windows/convert-external-hard-drive-NTFS-ftopict341077.html

If you convert the drive to NTFS, I always recommend that you copy the existing data, as I described for the formatting of the disk, just in case...

Kind regards

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