When I run Disk Management it says I must initialize a hdd before Logical Disk Manager can access it. Disk 2 is already checked and MBR is selected so when I press Okay an error message pops up saying 'Incorrect Function' Same when I select GPT instead of MBR.
Then when I try to right click Initialize disk is grayed out. It wasn't about half an hour ago though Half an hour ago when I pressed Initialze disk it came up with 'incorrect function' againI live to serve
You may have to update firmware of the ext hdd before you can use it in Windows 7. To this end, pls check mfg's web site if you can find a new firmware there or contact the tech support. If you try to use this ext hdd on another machine with Windows XP or Vista on it, can you use it ?
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What type of external connection are you using with that external drive? USB, firewire, eSATA? Has the drive been partitioned and formatted?
sorry guys. I'm using a USB. its a 500gb maxtor grizzly that I'm trying to initialize. I've tried it on one of my other rigs running XP I live to serve
and it has not been formatted I live to serve