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Kirito · Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:59 am Post subject: usb external hdd questions...

im planning to buy a 500GB hard drive and an external enclosure
so i may use it as an external hdd where i can install my games and save my files

but i have some questions:

1. do i need to partition it?
2. do i need to set the bios?
3. will it work just like a usb flash drive?
4. which is better SATA or IDE?

iTz SWAT · Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:04 am Post subject:

Once you install the hard drive into the enclosure, the first thing you should do is format it. You don't need to touch the BIOS, because yes it would be considered a USB Device, which is designed for hot swap ability. SATA is better then IDE.

superweapons · Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:03 am Post subject:

They usually come pre-partitioned, NTFS or FAT32 (depending on the "compatibility" level with Macs). A quick format to your preferred disk format would be easy to do, however unnecessary unless you encounter incompatibilities because of the file systems. SATA > IDE, and they're "hot-swappable" so as long as you disable write caching (if you don't want to remove the device correctly).