Does this drive need to be partitioned in order for Vista or W7 to recognize it? null

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indywill97 · Accepted Answer

You should be able to plug it in and start copying data to it immediately with any version of Windows, Vista or later. It comes already partitioned (with one partition) and formatted with NTFS.

virgo33 · Answer

No, just plug it in and your set to go.

Y2699 · Answer

No, I used it straight out of the box. Vista and 8.1 recognized it at its full capacity.

dbradley123 · Answer

Nope, just plug it in and it will be detected.

hdfxstc · Answer

no partitioning required and works equally well with windows 7 and vista

ITguy123 · Answer

I didn't have to do any partitioning at all. Just plug it into a USB slot

Will · Answer

It will be formatted as NTFS by default, which both Vista and Windows 7 can both recognize the entirety of the 2TB this drive offers with that format without partitioning or reformatting.

Jett64 · Answer

no it does not

BrianKG · Answer

No it preformatted

dnbb · Answer

No

shawnathan · Answer

No, it is pre-formatted as NTFS, so Windows XP and newer should read it natively.

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