RE: [APML] OT: external HD questions

["Gene Horr" <genehorr@houston.rr.com>]

No partitioning necessary and no problem with FAT32.  It should
just plug in and work.

Gene Horr


> -----Original Message-----
> From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org
> [mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org]On Behalf Of Chris Cook
> Sent: 09/14/2005 8:53 PM
> To: astro-photo@seds.org
> Subject: [APML] OT: external HD questions
>
>
> I have a question for you IT pros out there. :-)  I picked up a
> USB external
> HD so I could back up my images.  I'm not going to be running a dual boot
> system nor am I going to be running any programs etc off it... just plain
> storage of files.  I have a few questions with this in mind:
>
> 1.)  Does this drive need to be partitioned? I have a limited knowledge of
> HD's but I did hear that you can have a HD with no partitions?
>
> 2.)  The drive was formatted at the factory as FAT32 yet my main C:\ drive
> is NTFS.  With Win XP can I have the external drive be FAT32 without
> problems or does it have to be NTFS like the master C:\ drive?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Chris
>
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