You can safely name external and internal hard drives whatever you want on a Mac.
you can only rename partitions when unmounted. So what I would try is to unmount the drive, fire up GParted and rename the partition. But you could also connect it to a windows box and do it from there. But then you would need a windows box, and not everyone has that readily available
on the right bottom corner you will see a little icon , right click and then click safely remove hardware and unplug
The fastest type of external hard drive would be a external 3.0 USB hard drive.
To copy karaoke CDs to an external hard drive, first, insert the CD into your computer's CD drive. Use a program like Windows Media Player or iTunes to rip the audio tracks from the CD to your computer, selecting the desired format (e.g., MP3). Once the tracks are ripped, connect your external hard drive, and simply drag and drop the files from your computer's music library to the external drive. Make sure to safely eject the external hard drive after the transfer is complete.
You get another memory storage device, such as an external hard drive, and you copy everything on your hard drive onto the external hard drive, and keep it safe. That way, if your hard drive crashes, then you can take it out, and plug your external hard drive in, and work from that.
To completely clear your external hard drive: On Windows: Connect the drive to your PC. Open File Explorer, find your drive under "This PC." Right-click on it and choose Format. Select a file system (NTFS or exFAT) and choose Quick Format (or leave unchecked for a full format). Click Start to erase everything. For a more thorough wipe, use software like CCleaner, Coolmuster Data Erasure, or DBAN to overwrite the data so it can’t be recovered. On Mac: Connect your drive to your Mac. Open Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities). Select the drive from the list and click Erase. Choose your file system (Mac OS Extended or exFAT). Click Erase to format it. For secure erasure, click Security Options in Disk Utility to overwrite data. Just make sure you're erasing the right drive, because it's permanent!
---- # go to "my computer" # browse to your external hard drive # then open another "my computer" window # drag and drop the file(s) you want to the window displaying the external hard drive. ----
you can go to the service center of your external hard drive.
The external hard drive is a great way of backing up your data.
Some of the benefits of the Lacie External Hard Drive are that one can take the External Hard Drive to wherever one need it, also that these External Hard Drives are practical and easy to take since they are small.
Actually, the external hard drive is not located in the computer. It is an external hard drive, which means it is on the outside of the computer. It is plugged into the computer's USB port with a cord.
The volume label of an external hard drive refers to the string, which shows before the drive letter if you were to look at the drive using My Computer. For instance, if it is written External Drive:E, then the label is External Drive.