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| Thread ID: 61402 | 2005-09-03 11:42:00 | Problems with reformatting | outminder (8824) | Press F1 |
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| 385895 | 2005-09-03 11:42:00 | My external hard drive has a problem that when i tried to open it itsaid it needed reformatting. So i refromatted it and it wouldn't let me do it in FAT 32 like it was meant to. It would only do it in FAT and then it brought up a load of folders with weird names. And i tried check disk and it wouldn't work on the drive. I know I'm thick but does someone know how to rectify this cos everytime I try to load it up now it says it needs reformatting and I'm guessing it's those files that are doing it. |
outminder (8824) | ||
| 385896 | 2005-09-03 11:45:00 | sounds dodgy. is this a new harddrive or an old one? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 385897 | 2005-09-03 11:47:00 | about two/ three months old but the catalogue that I bought it form never charged me for it so I don't really wanna send it back in case they realise and charge me... | outminder (8824) | ||
| 385898 | 2005-09-03 11:54:00 | this is probably the reason why you weren't charged for it.... what brand is it? perhaps you can download some diagnostic tools, and run those to check the harddrive's status | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 385899 | 2005-09-03 11:57:00 | it's a philips and I assumed that it was just the catalogues computers messing up... But it's been ok til now... | outminder (8824) | ||
| 385900 | 2005-09-03 12:05:00 | how is it connected? maybe there is a problem with connection/drivers? how are you trying to format it... I suppose your problem could have come from disconnection of the drive while it was still in use, have you tried running scandisk on it? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 385901 | 2005-09-03 12:08:00 | it's connected via USB... I had a look at the drivers and they all said that they were working properly in device manager. But then again device manager also said that the harddrive was working properly. I tried running scandisk but it said that it couldn't check the drive for some reason. |
outminder (8824) | ||
| 385902 | 2005-09-04 00:27:00 | could be a power issue.. does the harddrive take power straight from the USB port or does it have a seperate power supply? how are you trying to format the drive? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 385903 | 2005-09-07 20:53:00 | it is powered via a seperate power supply... And am reformatting with my computer by clicking on it... It says it needs formatting so I let it... sorry to sound patronising but wasn't sure how to phrase it... :( |
outminder (8824) | ||
| 385904 | 2005-09-08 07:55:00 | no worries - what version of windows do you have?? if not linux or something else... If you have XP then try: start->settings->control panel->administrative tools->computer management->Storage->disk management-> Right click on the drive, delete partitions then reformat. |
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