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    NAS says HDD not formatted.

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by pengy_666, Jan 14, 2012.

  1. pengy_666

    pengy_666 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey all I have got a NAS SATA Caddy - Storage Pluscom Lan RDC3282 today.

    It works but it says the Hard disc is not formatted. Yet it is and working on USB. I am guessing its because its NTFS.

    I have a copy of Paragon Partition Manager has anyone used it before to convert to FAT32 without data loss?

    I have some files over 4gb but nothing I need to keep, I don't want to format it otherwise I will have to backup 800gb across network which I don't fancy doing as its already on the drive
     
    pengy_666, Jan 14, 2012
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  2. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Unfortunately that's not going to happen. You'll need to back up the data.
     
    Johnny T, Jan 14, 2012
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