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external hd won't format
Name: jrpalmer Date: January 11, 2005 at 07:09:22 Pacific OS: Windows XP SP2 CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:
I have a Maxtor 40gb hd that I want to give to my daughter to take to college. I have it in an enclosure and have partitioned the drive. It goes through all the steps to format but then I get an error message "windows unable to complete format" Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Name: rainman00004 Date: January 11, 2005 at 07:26:56 Pacific
Reply:
With all the hard drives i've formatted, it's easiest to install it on the computer you're going to use to format and find the drive in my computer, then right click and format. If you've tried this and it has failed, this link will let you download a formatting tool that will erase everything, including partitions from the hard drive. http://www.download.com/Active-Kill-Disk-Hard-Drive-Eraser/3000-2092_4-10188745.html?tag=lst-0-1
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Response Number 2
Name: mackphaeder Date: January 15, 2005 at 19:11:35 Pacific
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you can go to administative tools-computer management-disk management and import the drive and format XP help and support has instructions
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