will loose my data when drive reformat. how do I protect the data?
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I didn't buy a 16 GB Kingston from Amazon, but I understandone thing or two about them. You will lose the data if youformat the pendrive, so save your data soimewhere else beforeformating it. This is valid for Kingston datatravelers with twoformated areas, one open and the other secured too.
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Yes, if you reformat the drive, it will wipe out everything. When you set up the USB, you set it up with a password to prevent access to files on your drive.
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Yes, if you reformat the USB drive, you will lose all data on that drive. Copy the data from the USB drive to the hard disk, or to another USB drive. After the data is safely copied to another drive, you can reformat the Kingston. After reformatting the Kingston, you can copy your saved data back to the reformatted USB drive.
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When you reformat a drive all of the data will be wiped out. Always make it a practice to backup your data because sooner or later a drive could go bad.
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@Book WitchI should think that it is. You may be able to use Western Digital's software included on the drive to aid you in your backup. If, however, you do not want to use their software, preferring to use another backup program, it is easy to delete the WD software (the easiest way to delete all of it is to merely reformat the drive in NTFS format).
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No. All existing data is lost and the drives are reformatted in creating the RAID.
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Reformatting the HDD should take care of your intention. There is a program called Incinerator that will permanently delete all files and folders. It is part of Iolo System Mechanic. Google Iolo.
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There will be nothing on the hard drive left. Its wiped clean. You'll have to reinstall with new software.
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Yes it looses all data. However if you really want to keep your data just write it down and program it in later
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Yes, I reformatted mine to ExFAT immediately after I got it. Been working fine as a media drive I switch between Windows and OSX with no issues at all.
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If it is a compatible drive (check Synology's website) it will be erased and reformatted to EXT4.
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Mine did not need any reformat. I put 2 drives on it snd they worked without any reformating.
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Yes, treat it as a standard removable usb drive, don't run the "backup" software.
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You need to format the drive before use. So if you have some files on it, you will lose that. Beware!!!!!
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I've been using this drive for months and have had no issues with corrupt data. How can you know the data is corrupt?
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I could not find any option in the UI to do it, my guess is that data are not encrypted and if you take out the HD you can actually get access to the files.
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There is a lock switch on the side. When down it protects your data from erasing. Click it to unlock and you can format.
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Yes, it comes from the factory formatted with FAT32 but you can reformat it with NTFS if desired or most any other system.
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I have never use the "safely remove drive from pc" function. I just unplug it, and no data is lost or corrupt. My previous drives are still working fine. It may not be the right answer but is one that has worked for years without issues
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Yes--but you will need to use Disk Utility to reformat it. Takes just a couple of minutes.