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formatting external hard drive
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enk0d
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Jan 3, 2004, 05:09 AM
 
i am not sure if this is possible but i would like to know if you can format a NTFS external hard drive so you can write to it. seeing how when i tried i noticed there was a error giving stating that this untitled drive can not be modified.

any suggestions?
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Jan 3, 2004, 02:44 PM
 
How is the drive connected?
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Jan 3, 2004, 03:20 PM
 
don't worry about it i found the utility i needed to do it. Thanks anyways
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