Tag: portable hard drive
Formatting a hard drive with NTFS
Q: I tried to create a System Image on my external hard drive, but Windows came up with this message: “This drive cannot be used to store a system image because it is not formatted with NTFS.” The hard drive already has some files. How do I format the drive to NTFS? A: Creating a […]
Posted: December 19th, 2011 under Hardware, Safety, Software, Windows 7.
Tags: NTFS, portable hard drive, system image, This drive cannot be used to store a system image because it is not formatted NTFS
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Building your own portable hard drive
(This is the second in a series of posts covering information taken from my latest book, Upgrading and Fixing Computers Do-It-Yourself For Dummies.) What do you do with your old computer once you’ve bought your new one? With a little creativity, you can salvage a lot of it. That makes you a recycler in the […]
Posted: April 19th, 2010 under Books, Hardware, Upgrading and Fixing Computers Do-It-Yourself For Dummies.
Tags: building a portable hard drive, do it yourself, external hard drive, portable hard drive, recycling old PC
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