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How do you format a jump drive without deleting the files in it?
MermaidofAruba
Unfortunately, formating a hard drive means wiping all the information on it. What you should do is save everything on the drive to another disk, or burn it to a CD, and then reformat the drive.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 16y agoFirst of all you need backup all your data from the external Drive. Use DVD-R disc or another HDD drive for keeping all your saved data. Only after you are sure that you backed up all your data, you can use the Windows Disc Manager to format your external drive. Right click on My computer Choose MANAGE In the Computer Manager, use the Disc Manager for seeing your drive. Then you'll be able to achieve the format (FORMAT MEEN'S THAT YOUR ALLOWING TO THE DRIVE TO WRITE ON ANY SECTOR)
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∙ 15y agoYou plug the external hard drive into your computer and delete the data off of the external hard drive just as you would a normal internal drive. As long as the ext drive shows up and is recognized as a drive than you;ll have no problems. Simply open My computer if using windows computer, double click the ext drive, right click, select format.
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∙ 11y agoYes. However, formatting the drive is not a guaranteed way of erasing it.
In most versions of Windows, you can right-click on the drive letter in Windows Explorer and select "Format".
For a Mac, use "Disk Utility."
There are two 'panes.'
Click the drive name in the left pane. Click "Erase" in the right pane.
In the Format window, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
In Name window, Type a name for the Hard Drive that you want to see on the desktop when the drive is mounted.
Click 'Erase.'
Wait for it to finish.
Quit Disk Utility.
Your empty drive will appear on the desktop. Formatting takes some space from the drive. For example a 100 GB drive will only have something like 90 GB free.
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∙ 13y agoI dont think there really is any way . . . reformatting is altering how data is read and written on it. You could try data recovery software, or you could copy the data to somewhere else, but I don't think theres a feasible way of not deleting the files.
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∙ 10y agoIf you have both a laptop and a computer, you can transfer the data on either of them and format from the other. Then when you're ready, put the data on the USB again.
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∙ 14y agoBack up all of your files either to a CD or a DVD first. Then you can format and restore your files back to your hard drive.
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Is it possible to format hard drive without losing files on it?
No.
What effect will deleting all files relating to something without uninstalling it have?
To get rid of it completely you have to uninstall because it is still in your hard drive if you don't.
Does reinstalling Windows mean you will lose the files on your hard drive?
If you are going to format the drive first then there are two possibilities: 1. You have all system and personal files on one drive. In this case you would lose all your files. 2. You have system files and personal files on different drives. In this case you would only lose the files on the drives that you format. As long as you don't format the drive with your personal files on it you won't lose them.
How do you remove files from a hard drive?
Format it or delete it.
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Yes you can, the torrent is a separate file from the files you download through it.
What command can you use from a command prompt to convert the FAT32 drive D to a NTFS drive?
type "diskpart" (without the quotes), then type convert d: /fs:ntfs
Were does your hard drive space go when you format your drive?
no where it just deletes all the files there
IS reformatting an appropriate method of deleting files?
No. Files can be deleted accurately without reformatting. Reformatting is for completely deleting the entire drive's contents and re-establishing the file structure. This is usually used to repair a damaged file structure, or permanently erase all contents of the disk. (Although methods of undoing or recovering still exist.)
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copy it to your computer hard-drive re-format and just copy the files back over!
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You have to format the flash drive so it is compatible with the ps3 You can not add some files using the USB drive If they are games and add ons they must come from the Playstation store Maybe if you were intelligent, you would have stated what format the flash drive should be in....it is FAT32
