Re: external hard drive enclosure

On 27/11/2005 eddie wrote:

> Hi
> I just got one of those external hard drive enclosures and I will be
> fitting an 80gb hard drive into it but I would like to know if I have
> to format the new hard drive first so that I can back up files etc.
> on to it. Thanks for any info
> from Eddie


You can format it after it's fitted.

Bear in mind XP will only format a drive that size with NTFS, if you
want more flexibility you'll need to find a W98 box and format it with
FAT32.

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