![]() Make sure under "file system" the type "NTFS" is selected, then click "Start"ħ. Highlight your USB Drive, in the image you sent it was labeled "G"Ħ. To reformat your USB drive please make sure it's plugged into your computerģ. **Below are the steps to format a hard drive, please keep in mind this process will ERASE ALL DATA CURRENTLY ON THE DRIVE. Manufacturers sometimes do this to help items be Mac or Windows compatibility out of the book. Not all external drives are sold formatted as NTFS, it's not uncommon that they are sold already exFat formatted or fat32 formatted. Windows Backup requires that the drive that may hold a system image be NTFS format. ![]() Hello my name is Bradford and I'm an Independent Advisor for the Microsoft Community and I will try to resolve your problem with using your external hard drive for backing up.įirst, have you confirmed that the Seagate Drive is using the NTFS file system?
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