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skllcandy
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_ 		30. October 2007 @ 13:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
IS It possible to format an external usb hd without losing the information on it?
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Waymon3X6
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_ 		30. October 2007 @ 14:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No, formatting a hardrive will lose all info, so if you're going to do it then backup all the data onto another HDD or DVDs.
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_ 		30. October 2007 @ 14:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
even if you were to use nortons partition magic?
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_ 		30. October 2007 @ 18:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by skllcandy:
 even if you were to use nortons partition magic?
If you use Partition Magic, you aren't formatting the drive, you are partitioning the drive. You won't lose your data.
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