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Problem: To use a USB drive as the backup drive for “One Care”, it must be in NTFS format. Most USB drives come in Fat32 format, so you must make some changes. However, you can't simply "Format" the USB drive because the default format options are FAT and FAT32. In order to format the USB drive as NTFS, you must first make the following changes:

1. Open Windows Explorer
2. Highlight USB Drive
3. Right Click "Properties"
4. Click on "Hardware" tab
5. Highlight the name of USB drive below if more than one drive is listed
6. Click "Properties" button, then "Policies" tab.
7. Click the radio button that says "Optimize for Performance"
8. OK

The USB drive can now be formated as a NTFS drive and used with Windows OneCare backup.

1. Open Windows Explorer
2. find and highlight the USB drive
3. Right Click "Format"
4. select NTFS option.

After the format is complete, it will appear as one of the options in the Windows OneCare backup settings.

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