NOTICE TO BUYERS:

All hard drives come unpartitioned and unformatted. Please follow the format procedure.

If you use it as primary disk and are installing Windows on it it will get formatted automatically as part of installation procedure.

If you use it as a secondary disk on a computer which already has Windows or via external USB device you will have to connect the new hard drive to an available SATA port inside your computer (not via USB) and then go to

control panel - administrative tools - computer management - storage - disk management. Inside disk management section the new hard drive will come up as blank. You will need to right mouse click on it and choose to create a new drive letter and tick quick format box. After done the disk will be visible and accessible by Windows or can be used via external USB device