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I want to use it with Manual Copying of Files only no automatic backups that the drive come with. I want to change the sleep mode to 30 mins.

What will be the Max Partition size I can have? WyomingKnott Administrator. Aug 29, 13, 1 51, 1, Simple answer: format and partition it as NTFS.

It will work fine. More complex answer: What OS are you going to use to partition it. When you should be able to connect it to any PC, what OSes are going to be involved? Only Windows versions?

Nothing will prevent you from writing to it. Just because it comes with automatic backup doesn't mean that you have to use said software. That's how I use mine. So will Linux distros.

I don't know about Apples - someone else tell me, would that require FAT32? That I don't know. Download Seatools? If you have data on the drive, a different procedure is needed. If it's already formatted as one big partition, select the partition and delete it.

Then right-click on the free space and create a partition in any size you want. Format it in NTFS. Click in the freespace and do that again. You can create up to four Primary partitions. If you will need more than that, you have to put all the space into an Extended partition and create Logical partitions within it.

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Oct 22, Oct 21, Question Cannot remove older disk's recovery and EFI partitions. Oct 17, Oct 5, Sep 30, Sep 27, Sep 25, Question Full exFAT format taking a week. Sep 21, Sep 19, A good example of this utility is the "Truecrypt" software. In case you forgot password: 1. Go to the website. Click log-in. Click forgot password. Enter now your registered e-mail address.

Either they will send to you your password or they will send a link which will help you reset your password. Open your e-mail. Read the instructions on how to retrieve your username and password. May be You will have to partition the drive. From windows xp-7, goto the command prompt and type "diskpart" Note the disk number that refers to the 3TB drive. Use fat32format. The Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk offers the highest capacity to date among single-volume external storage devices on the market.

It might be some virus that keeps the files from running properly. Perform a full scan of your seagate drive for viruses and scan your other device as well. It might also the files you want to run is already damaged or corrupted by the virus. Sony uses their own file system which is at least unknown for me. Anonymous "You have to backup and re-format your seagate and then restore it You have to backup and re-format your SeaGate and then restore it.

Safely remove it from your computer and plug it in to your Panasonic. Good Luck :. You could try changing the format of your drive. Add Your Answer Can i format my seagate goflex as exfat?

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