What format usb hard drive?

[icepick]

buying a new 250gb 2.5 usb portable hard drive which will be used for my wii.

when it arrives do i have to re-format it to any special format to work with xp & my wii ?
...if so any help appreciated.

[ck-ok]

buying a new 250gb 2.5 usb portable hard drive which will be used for my wii.

when it arrives do i have to re-format it to any special format to work with xp & my wii ?
...if so any help appreciated.

yes use this Digital Kaos - Downloads - wbfs manager 3 (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/wii/16/wbfs-manager-3-1085/)

[short360uk]

use wii config usb loader and u can use fat32/NTFS/WBFS