“I purchased this yesterday. formatted it to NTFS. it WILL NOT accept win10 install files. what am I doing wrong? thank you in advance”
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remove the formating from the drive using the custom install tab when installing windows and let windows format it.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You likely need to mount the drive-in windows. Right-click on the start menu and goto disk management. From there you can see if the drive is mounted and if the space on the drive is allocated.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.When you install Windows 10, delete all partitions and let the Install wizard create the partitions for you. You need at least 2 partitions for it to work, and if you used up all the space with your one NTFS partition, you can’t install, for example, the boot/EFI partition that is required. Select advanced, delete all partitions, and select the blank space for Windows to partition automatically.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hello,Please let us confirm that WD Easystor Internal SATA Solid State Drive device which comes preformatted in the NTFS file system for Windows operating system. If you are using a Mac computer, then the drive needs to be formatted in the HFS+J file system for operation. If you want to use it on a Cross-Platform (Windows or MacOS) then it should be Formatted into EXfat to use it. Critical: The instructions in the article below are designed to help repartition and format a hard drive. This process is Data Destructive and cannot be undone. Once the process begins, ALL THE DATA ON THE DRIVE WILL BE LOST!"How to Partition and Format a WD Drive on Windows and macOS"https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8200 .-Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You need to use different format
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