Hi, I'm not Victor, but it looks like it's formatted correctly, and it is good to go! HTH, and have fun with your new toy! <Smile> Jeff
Patricia Dunbar wrote: > Victor, > > Here's what it says... > > FreeAgent Drive (J:) Properties > General AutoPlay Tools Hardware Sharing Quota > FreeAgent Drive > Type: Local Disk > File system: NTFS > Used space: 240,988,160 bytes 229 MB > Free space: 249,815,715,840 bytes 232 GB > Capacity: 250,056,704,000 bytes 232 GB > Disk CleanupDrive J > Compress drive to save disk space > Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching > OK Cancel Apply > > So looks like it's already formated? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Victor Gouveia"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To:<[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 10:16 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question > > > >> Hi Patricia, >> >> As you've already seen, most external drives are plug and play, so you >> don't >> need to do anything else when you plug in the drive. >> >> I do recommend you do something before you do anything with the drive. >> >> After you've plugged in the drive, go to the My Computer icon on your >> desktop, press enter on it, highlight the external drive, and press >> alt+enter to get to the properties. >> >> Virtualize the window, and arrow down through the information to see what >> the drive is formatted as. >> >> If it says anything but NTFS, like FAT or FAT32, then you need to >> re-format >> the drive before you use it. >> >> FAT and FAT32 are more unstable then NTFS, that's why most drives are >> formatted in NTFS. >> >> To format the drive, press escape to close the virtual window, and escape >> again to get out of the drive's properties. >> >> If the drive is still highlighted, press the applications key, and arrow >> down to format... >> >> It will give you the option of which format to format the drive in, at >> which >> point, you select NTFS, and make sure the size of the drive is correct. >> >> Tab to the start button, and have at it. Smile. >> >> >> Victor >> Co-moderator >> Blind Movie Buffs List >> Guidedogs List >> >> >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >> http://www.blind-computing.com >> Address for the list archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >> or body of a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Use the following address in order to contact the management team >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >> following address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following address in order to contact the management team > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
