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Is it safe to remove the default programs on my External Hard Drive?
Because this regards an External Hard Drive I bought a few weeks ago I thought I would post this question in here...
I recently bought a 500 GB FreeAgent GoFlex Seagate External Hard Drive and have been using it for videos, music, and other things for my projects that I work on (I make videos for YouTube.) My brother suggests that I remove the default programs that were on it prior to me setting up the EX hard drive so as to not have it potential catch and/or carry on a virus, but unfortunately I find some of his antics questionable and am feeling conflicted...
Here what the EX Hard Drive's menu looks like on "My Computer." NOTE: The default programs that were on it from the start are boxed in red.
And everytime I open up this window on my computer I get this pop up from my anti-virus program:
What I would like to know is: Is it safe to remove the default programs on my External Hard Drive? And if doing so, will it still work and function properly? I hope to have this answered soon. I would like to have other files from other computers put on it (via transferred by CD for protection) for use in my projects too.