win7 or win10 issue

winston · Post by **winston** » 6 Apr 2017 7:10 am

I have a 1T external hard drive full of mp3's. My winxp computer will recognize and play the files. However if I use a win 7 or win 10 computer I get the message that "this drive needs to be formatted. The volume does not contain a reconized file system." I hook it back up to a xp machine and it works fine. Is there a fix for this???
thanks Winston May

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 6 Apr 2017 7:18 am

Sounds like the drive is formatted in "fat" instead of the newer "NTFS".

Here is how to convert it, if that is the case.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/hel ... windows-xp

winston · Post by **winston** » 6 Apr 2017 7:48 am

Thanks Jack. I will check the drive and see if it is FAT. If so I will do the convert. Winston May

winston · Post by **winston** » 6 Apr 2017 10:31 am

Jack
It was already NTFS

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 7 Apr 2017 2:33 am

Found this link. See if it applies to your disk.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/win ... 762474c45d

winston · Post by **winston** » 7 Apr 2017 5:36 am

Thanks again Jack. I will read this. Winston