Also the format would be FAT for the small usb flash drive but NTFS for the external hard drive? I would be doing the full virus/malware scan on the windows desktop though.Įdited by paulyjustin, 28 December 2021 - 12:04 AM. could take few hours at most to format? Or is this related to that hard drive or does it involved usb 2.0 or 3.0? I am talking about format and not quick format of course. could take 24 hours to do the format? But a cheap windows 11 laptop I got. all the way to 24 hours? So does this mean my old dell xps desktop which is 10+ years old. Is that normal? But it would be better than quick scan right?ĭoes it matter which computer I use to format it? Because I definitely will format that old 1tb external hard drive right? Because it could take anywhere from few hours. So would it be safer to have it clicked on detailed scan instead especially if I am connecting an external hard drive that was used to connect to a pc shop's computer years ago? That way it would be safer? Thing that has me confused is even if you do detailed scan, it cannot scan password protected files. I tested this with an older flash drive.Īction when a removable drive is connected

it would scan because I have the option below checked on. the moment I plug any flash drive or external hard drive into either the desktop or the cheap windows 11 laptop. But people here say don't bother formatting the 32gb usb flash drive since its new? But any harm in that? Right now I want to make sure both these usb flash drive and the 1tb external hard drive is not only clean of malware. I am pretty certain I never did a virus scan of it. But I do not remember if I ever formatted it. I am pretty certain I did delete all these files on the 1tb hard drive. This old hard drive, it was connected to a repair shop years ago when they tested an old laptop of mine and told me it stopped working and thus they transferred my files to it. I bought a 32gb usb flash drive that is new. Clean Reinstalled Dell XPS Laptop which is my main machine. Cheap Windows 11 Laptop Purchased Recentlyģ.

Cleaned Reinstalled Dell XPS Desktop 10+ Years OldĢ. If a moderator can close my other thread, I would appreciate it as I want to summarize everything in a new thread to not sound confusing.

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