Format External Hard Drive to NTFS in Windows 10/8/7

Format External Hard Drive to NTFS in Windows 10/8/7

Geeks - To format an external hard drive to NTFS in Windows 10, follow these steps:

Connect the external hard drive to your computer.

Open "File Explorer" and find the external hard drive in the list of drives.

Right-click on the external hard drive and select "Format".

In the "Format" window, select "NTFS" from the "File System" drop-down menu.

Make sure the "Quick Format" option is checked, and then click "Start" to begin formatting the drive.

Note: Formatting the drive will erase all data on the drive. Make sure you have backed up any important data before proceeding.

Alternatively, you can use the command prompt to format the drive to NTFS. To do this, follow these steps:

Open the command prompt as an administrator.

Type the following command and press Enter:

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format <drive letter>: /fs:ntfs

Replace <drive letter> with the letter assigned to your external hard drive. For example, if your drive is assigned the letter E, you would type format E: /fs:ntfs.

Follow the prompts to complete the formatting process.

Note: As with the previous method, this will erase all data on the drive. Be sure to back up any important data before proceeding.