Thumb drives are just like hard drives, any format will work on it.
No. IP addresses are assigned by your ISP and have nothing to do with your hard drives.
Yes, you can install multiple hard drives in your computer. If you have multiple internal bays then you can install drives inside the case. If not, you can buy external Firewire and USB drives that attach to the ports on the back of your computer. If you are unfamiliar with opening your computer, then choosing an external solution is the easiest and beth method.
Recorders with hard drives operate similarly to regular recorders, only that they convert the sound and/or video into a digital format and record the digital format to the hard drive. They operate the hard drive similarly to how a PC would use it. They might use hard drives that don't have error correction to improve the speed.
You could get a USB external hard drive and plug it in
Yes, you can. If your computer has more sata ports you can use then to connect more hard drives.
yes all hard drives must be reformatted before installing an operating system.
Someone can purchase Western Digital External Hard Drives from the Amazon website. The Amazon website has multiple sellers offering the hard drive up for sale.
Open "My Computer" on the Desktop, right click on the disk you want to format under "Hard Disk Drives" and then click on "Format". Select the required options and then click on "Start"...
You could format two hard drives at same time but both need to be connected by the sata connector cable.
Windows can handle multiple I/O requests more quickly.
You can use one of restoring cds which usually have special tools to format hard drives. Windows installation CD has it. You will be able to use of you boot from the CD in the restoring console mode.