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I just go a new usb external hd. &nbsp;It was fat32. &nbsp;I went to disk management and started a format &nbsp;of the fat32 to ntfx but did not select the quick format method.<br />
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After 10 percent of formatting, it terminated as the usb cable came out. &nbsp;So i restarted the format and this time selected the quick format of fat32 to ntfs. It was done almost instantantly.<br />
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Question: &nbsp;Is this ok to do (with the first format not finishing) but it was on a brand new drive so I am hoping the 2nd attempt (quick format) is ok eventhough the 1st attempt failed.<br />
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Bob
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I just go a new usb external hd.  It was fat32.  I went to disk management and started a format  of the fat32 to ntfx but did not select the quick format method.

After 10 percent of formatting, it terminated as the usb cable came out.  So i restarted the format and this time selected the quick format of fat32 to ntfs. It was done almost instantantly.

Question:  Is this ok to do (with the first format not finishing) but it was on a brand new drive so I am hoping the 2nd attempt (quick format) is ok eventhough the 1st attempt failed.

Bob

Should I use a quick of slow format of an external hd

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