i got a western digital external drive as seen here….http://www.techeta.com/2009/05/western-digital-my-book-essential-edition-20-1tb-external-usb-hard-drive-review-wd10000h1u-0010eavs.html
i quickly realized that it wouldn’t let me copy large files to it at once from my computer so i started downloading str8 to it….i found out from the article in the link i posted just above is that i had to reformat it to NTFS cuz im a windows user to copy files larger than 4 gigs….so i have like 200 gigs of stuff on it right now…so my question is can i backup what i have on their from downloading str8 to it…. then reformat it to NTFS…then put what i backed up back on there and then be able to copy files larger than 4 gigs to it from my c: drive cuz i have numerous 10 gig folders with music and movies on my pc’s hard drive…my thinking is to have all my music/movies on the external drive so i can delete them off my c: drive and reformat and reinstall windows on my pc cuz it runs like a dog…im willing to take any advice all shapes and sizes…tell me if my thinking is wrong for this type of drive that i have but that was my plan….sorry for such a long question…and i hope u can understand what im trying to ask.. thank you, mike
