WD external hard drive help

euglycaemia

I bought a WD Passport 2.5' hard drive recently.

Do I need to anything like formatting before use.......

On plugging into my laptop it comesup so many options like autorun/setup etc.

Much appreciate your advice

lee634

There may have been some paper in the box with the hard drive these are called instructions

What do they say!!!!

espresso

It is already pre-formatted, most likely FAT32. If you need to store large files e.g. greater than 4GB, you will need to reformat the drive to NTFS.

euglycaemia

lee634 wrote: »

There may have been some paper in the box with the hard drive these are called instructions

What do they say!!!!

Thanks for your clear 'instruction'

euglycaemia

Reason for asking advice is because there is no proper instruction came with this hard drive.

It is not for joke.... if people dont know / dont want to tell, probably they can ignore replying!

No one asks how to plug the USB port into the computer?

I am really sorry to say this.........

lee634

oh come on,

getting a bit touchy,

if don't give a clear question and mention there was no decent instructions, you are walking straight into replies like i sent.

Apologies if it upset you, just having a bit of a laugh on a sunday morning.

However if you had gone to the western digital homepage to start with i wouln't have made a sarcastic comment!!!!

Ice_2

Hi most external drives are suppose to be Plug & play...so plug it into your usb slot and click autorun when the pc asks you to...:D
I am fasinated by these drives...:D