I bought a new hard drive and to my surprise it has software installed in it.
I tried to copy stuff inside but due to it having a different filesystem, there were some issues with allowed names and then I could barely delete stuff in it: it took so long just to permanently delete an empty folder.
I think the solution to all this is formatting to my filesystem: ext4.
I’m pretty sure I can format it however I please but I’m overthinking it due to being aware that these devices run a operating system of their own and I’m afraid to break it, although it’s probably untouchable as firmware.
To add to my doubts, there’s a 4MiB unallocated partition.
Can I delete it or is it some kind of metadata about the hard drive? Probably not, but I’m left wondering what it is:
I really don’t want to brick a brand new device.
