HPLC separations involve both the mobile phase (a liquid) and the stationary phase. (usually materials of varying hydrophobicity chemically bonded to a solid support). In. contrast, GC uses the mobile phase only to carry the analyte through the column.
Pulling Data off old HDD. You can get an IDE-to-USB interface, then connect it to your desktop via USB cable. It doesn't matter whether there's an operating system on the hard drive, it will be formatted as an NTFS file system, you just navigate to the files you want and copy them to your desktop's hard drive.
4. Enter the command line for reformatting the drive. With the command prompt open, type format /FS:FAT32 X: replacing the letter X with the letter of your external hard drive (you can find this letter by looking at the drive's icon in My Computer).eformat the drive to FAT32. In the drop-down box that appears, select FAT32.. Click the Erase button to begin reformatting the drive. Wait until the process is finished before removing the drive or attempting to read or write to it.