Modern disk drive construction more or less requires drives to have at least one partition. Whether the drive is internal or external is immaterial.
Yes, the Partition Magic Software does support the 4K hard drives.
You don't. It's optional.
use norton partition magic
The WD Elements has several highly rated external hard drives to choose from, another highly rated brand is the My Passport line of external hard drives.
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Western Digital and SeaGate are the top manufacturers of hard drives, internal and external.
Simpletech produce portable external hard drives. These range from small USB sticks, to larger external hard drives. Simpletech also produces mini versions of the portable hard drives
There are many portable external hard drives which would fit into most standard size pockets.
i have stacked 4 external hard drives (from different brands) on top of each other for years. No problem
One of the advantages of external hard drives is they are available in large capacities. Options are available for hard drives that have mass storing capability.
external hard drives
In general, there is no reason to have more than one partition on an external hard drive. There are some specific cases where it might be desirable but you would know if you had a requirement like that.