Hard Drive? (b) Now if it only erases the set 16 GB and turns it to FAT32 format will the remaining memory remain in NTFS and functional on a PC or if it erases my entire External HD will it convert it all to FAT32 format and will it also this also saves power and as mentioned somewhere before reduces wear and tear of the optical drive, all games are usually in a ISO format on most if not all consoles so the console will always read the file the same no matter what the source be it HDD or disc of course. Name the second partition and choose MS DOS (FAT) in format.
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Click on Untitled 1 and put the name of the partition, its format as Mac OS Extended (journaled) and Partition Table from Options. Go to Partitions and select 2 partitions in the Volume Scheme. Open Disk Utility and go to Seagate FreeAgent Media. (a) if I do format the External HD using the Xbox 360 custom option, will it only erase the 16GB that I want to use as storage (seeing as thats the max on any usb storage device no matter its actual size) or will it erase the entire 2 TB External Play legit Xbox 360 games from hard drive without the disk Thread. This video teaches us to partition a hard drive. When seleting that a popup tells me that the External HD isn't formatted or that its in a format that isn't recognized (because it is, its in NTFS format) and that it will erase all data on it. Option so that not all of my External HD is formatted. Plugged in my External HD and went to "system settings > Memory" to see the storage devices and saw that my external HD was recognized by the Xbox 360 giving me the normal "Configure Now" and "Customize" format settings. However I found out that it is in NTFS format, and I know that the Xbox 360 uses FAT32 format. I recently bought a WD My Book Essential 2 TB External Hard Drive with the goal in mind to use it to store game saves and installed games on it.