In the pop-up window, you can type a partition label choose NTFS or FAT32 file system. ![]() Right click on the hard drive partition (External hard disc Seagate) and select " Format" in the drop-down menu. Open Windows 8 Disk Management by pressing " Windows + R" and typing " diskmgmt.msc". ![]() Delete the existing partition if there is no data, otherwise the data If it is already partitioned, then you may delete the existing partition and then create a new one. I stopped that process and did the same process with Easeus Partition Manager and it took all of ten seconds to complete. On the external hard disc, you may create a new partition and then format the hard disc. The little Fat32 formatting program that I just downloaded did start up OK, but said it was going to take an hour and a half to do a 200 gig drive. What does disk management show for the external hard disc? Is it shown as RAW, NTFS or FAT 32?Įvery hard drive needs to be partitioned and formatted before it can be used. What are the options listed when you right click on the external hard disc? Does it have a drive letter assigned?Ģ. ![]() Seagate Backup Plus before partitioning the hard disc.ġ. Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community Forums.Īs per the description, you want to know whether you have to format the
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