here is the situation, my desktop is xp, my laptop is 7
i plan on putting this internally in my desktop, but i may take it out and hook it up on my laptop
i also plan to dual boot xp machine with 7 in the near future
the drive will only be for storage, so os will not be on it
also reading that there may be problems if i partition the ears drive
not sure that happens if you use the wd tool to format under xp and then use in 7
my laptop also has linux and mac partitions
is it that after i format it, it should work? if so, does it matter if i format it under 7 first, then put it into my desktop machine, or should i use the alignment tool and format it under xp (ie, will there be a performance difference over the 2 different format options)
i plan on putting this internally in my desktop, but i may take it out and hook it up on my laptop
i also plan to dual boot xp machine with 7 in the near future
the drive will only be for storage, so os will not be on it
also reading that there may be problems if i partition the ears drive
not sure that happens if you use the wd tool to format under xp and then use in 7
my laptop also has linux and mac partitions
is it that after i format it, it should work? if so, does it matter if i format it under 7 first, then put it into my desktop machine, or should i use the alignment tool and format it under xp (ie, will there be a performance difference over the 2 different format options)