Plug in the disk you want to initialise In Windows XP/Vista: Go to Start>Run (the search box in Vista).
Type 'mmc' (without quotes).
The Microsoft Management console will appear.
Press Ctrl+M. Select the Disk Management icon from the list on the left, click 'Add>', then 'OK'.
Right click on the disk you want to initialise and select 'Initialise' from the menu.
Follow the prompts.
If unsure, go with the default values.
Of course it would. If you are copying your C Drive onto an external drive, then are copying it to an external drive, aren't you?
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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.
The fastest type of external hard drive would be a external 3.0 USB hard drive.
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!
You can certainly move Windows to an external hard drive but Windows will not boot directly from an external drive. If you are running Windows in Parallels (See links below) you can have Parallels installed on the Mac's drive and then have your Windows virtual machine on the external drive.
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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.
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.
There are a number of possible alternatives to a Samsung external hard drive. One could get an external drive from Western Digital, Toshiba or Seagate.
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