How Do I Transfer Movies From My iMac To My External Hard Drive?

Silly question, how do i transfer movies from my iMac to my external hard drive? I have read a few blogs about it but it is not very clear.
If i change the format from - Windows NT File System (NTFS) to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) will it erase everything of my hard drive?
I have a 2T Seagate hard drive and already have used 1T of it. Im to scared to do anything with out the correct answer as i dont want to accidently delete anything of my dard drive.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!
Thanks

Please tell us what Mac you have and what version of OS X.

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