Question on Formatting My Passport

Portable Drives My Passport
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Hi everyone,

I have a quick question about formatting my new 4TB My Passport, but first a bit of background.
I created a 7zip archive of all the visible non-hidden files on the drive, and copied this to my PC. I did install WD Discovery and Drive Utilities. If it matters, I am running Windows 7 Professional.

And now for my question: If I format the My Passport as NTFS, and then copy those original files back on to the My Passport, will Windows recognize/treat the drive differently _post-_formatting than it did out of the box?

In other words, will formatting it mess up or change how Windows Explorer, WD Discovery, or WD Utilities sees the drive?

Thanks.

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No, It should be the same. Most of the WD Passport comes already formatted as NTFS and they work the same way.

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Thank you very much. I was a trifle worried, but your answer lifted those concerns. :slight_smile: