Partition and Format the External Hard Drive as NTFS (if applicable)

• First, plug your hard drive into your PC and determine if it needs to be formatted by checking the current Format\File-System of the drive.
  • Open "My Computer", right-click the external hard drive you want to use, then select "Properties".
  • Make note of the Drive Letter of the external hard drive as this will be important later.
  • If the "File-System" is already NTFS, you can skip this step.
• If you have anything saved on the hard drive, you should back it up now as all the data will be lost once you format it.

• Right-click "My Computer" and select "Manage", a new window will open, on left panel click "Disk Management".
• Right-click the drive you want to format (make sure you select the right drive!), then select "Format..."
• Select "NTFS" as the File system to use and input a name for the Hard-Drive/Volume.
• You may optionally uncheck the "Perform a quick format" box, then click "OK", then click "OK" again.