NTFS to exFAT?

Em Xx · 19 Jul 2018 at 13:44

Hi all,

I just bought a second-hand 300GB external HDD. It arrived yesterday and I formatted it - after I formatted it, it became unrecognised so I have now re-formatted it to exFAT instead and it seems to have worked

I just wondered if it'll cause me a problem down the line? I am using Windows 10 O/S.

Thanks,

Em

EDIT: Fat32 to exFAT :rolleyes:

Em Xx · 19 Jul 2018 at 14:02

Rroff said:
FAT32 has a 4GB file size limitation - you want exFAT or NTFS really.

Sorry it was exFAT, I'll edit my OP

Em Xx · 19 Jul 2018 at 14:15

hornetstinger said:
NTFS is less lily to suffer from defragmentation better security why wpd you want to use fat32 unless usb stick where decide so want support ext3/4 or ntfs

Sorry I meant exFAT, I have edited my OP. When I first plugged it in, it told me I needed to format it in order to use it and the option came up as NTFS so I formatted it to that but then when I went to use it said it was unrecognised so I did a bit of research and saw a post suggesting I re-format it to exFAT so I did and it worked but now I'm worried something will go wrong. I would format it back to NTFS but tried and my laptop simply won't accept it

Em Xx · 19 Jul 2018 at 14:23

Rroff said:
If you are using it in a USB3 port try a USB2 one if you have or vice versa - some drives don't like certain USB controllers.

Oooh of course I didn't think of that! I'll try that later, thanks

Em Xx · 20 Jul 2018 at 15:40

I tried the other USB ports and still unable to format it to NTFS - any suggestions? Thanks

Em Xx · 20 Jul 2018 at 15:44

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