Formatting Hard Drive with NTFS instead of FAT32 on E1550

Is there a way to format the storage hard drive plugged into the USB port using the NTFS format.
When using FAT32 the backup software chunks backup files into 4GB blocks. I am told to avoid that I need format the drive with NTFS format to avoid this.
However, the Cisco Connect does not offer a choice on how to format the hard drive.
It was originally formatted with NTFS, but then I had permission problems and it would not allow me to add the "admin" administrator.
Is there a way I can format the drive using NTFS and still keep the correct permissions configured?
Thank you,
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I have seen those instructions and I am not getting the same information on the screen they say I should.
I plugged the storage drive into my computer and reformatted it to the NTFS format. I even created a folder under the root called "Backup."
But when I plug that drive back into the E1550 and go to the "Disk" tab it shows:
Detecting...
Partition
File System
Capacity
Free Space
Create Share
Total
232.885 GB
232.885 GB
It sees something there but it is not recognizing it and as such I do not have permissions to create shared storage.
If I select the FORMAT option at the bottom of the page, then it reformats it to FAT32 and is accessable, but it is not the correct format I need for the backup program. I need NTFS.

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