How to use Seagate One Touch external hard drive?


  1. comcom
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    Windows 10 Home 64 bit x64 Version 22H2
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    How to use Seagate One Touch external hard drive?


    Hi,

    I bought a Seagate One Touch HDD, manual link https://www.seagate.com/files/www-content/manuals/one-touch-hdd/pdf/one-touch-hdd-en_US.pdf

    I connect the Seagate One Touch HDD to my PC and I see these details
    Default files inside hard drive https://i.imgur.com/8wcmIWs.png
    Default properties shows exFAT https://i.imgur.com/ZafE7Z7.png

    I intend to format the Seagate One Touch HDD to NTFS to store Macrium backups

    Q1. I wish to use NTFS and leave everything else unchanged, can I copy and paste the default files from Seagate One Touch HDD to my PC, then I format the Seagate One Touch HDD to NTFS, then I copy and paste the files the default files from PC to my Seagate One Touch HDD? Will the copy and paste action corrupt or make any default files unusable?

    Q2. If I did not copy and save any default files and I format Seagate One Touch HDD to NTFS, how can I get back the default files later?

    Q3. If I did not copy and save any default files and I format Seagate One Touch HDD to NTFS, can I use it after I format Seagate One Touch HDD to NTFS?

    Q4. What does the default files in Seagate One Touch HDD do? Do I need them for the hard drive to work?

    Q5. What do you use (software/scan) to check if a hard drive is good condition?

    Thanks
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  3. bro67
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    Format the drive, it becomes just a blank storage device and nothing more.
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  4. Megahertz
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    I would copy all files and folders from the drive to the computer and then format it to NTFS.
    Once formatted, create a folder and copy the original files back to it.


    As it has a rotating disk inside, once connected, don't move it, don't even touch it.
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  6. martink2
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    Do you still have the default files and Segate hidden folder from the disk to send to me by email...?
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