I have a new (empty) 3tb NAS hard drive that I want to install into my computer and use as an extra storage drive. In it's current state it is not being acknowledged by the computer (windows 7 ultimate), I have a USB storage bay that I installed the hard drive in and then connected to
the computer. The hard drive shows up in the bay under Devices but I can't access it. It doesn't show up at all in My Computer.
I was told I should try to format the drive. The guy who told me this gave me details on how to get to the drive to format it but not what format it needs to converted to. My question is, into what format should I format it to, NTFS, FAT 32, does it matter? Will I need to run a full format or quick? And does anyone have any idea how long it will take either way?
I know I could purchase a NAS storage bay and run it through there but my network is running through a Windows 8 system and I can't access anything on the network with my Windows 7 machine.
I'm running a business and need the storage and don't have the option of a long down time.
Any help would be appreciated,
the computer. The hard drive shows up in the bay under Devices but I can't access it. It doesn't show up at all in My Computer.
I was told I should try to format the drive. The guy who told me this gave me details on how to get to the drive to format it but not what format it needs to converted to. My question is, into what format should I format it to, NTFS, FAT 32, does it matter? Will I need to run a full format or quick? And does anyone have any idea how long it will take either way?
I know I could purchase a NAS storage bay and run it through there but my network is running through a Windows 8 system and I can't access anything on the network with my Windows 7 machine.
I'm running a business and need the storage and don't have the option of a long down time.
Any help would be appreciated,
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