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whatzcrackn:
I load my CPU today and the external drive says "This drive is not Formated". How do I correct that problem?
1. scandisc.............. no
2 restore.....................no
3. three different CPU's....................no
Help plz!!!!!
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: whatzcrackn on April 18, 2007, 08:31:43 pm ---I load my CPU today and the external drive says "This drive is not Formated". How do I correct that problem?
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Sorry... be more specific.... What do you mean by "I load my CPU today" ??
What have you changed in your system?? Is this a new external hard drive?? what happened?? What CPU are you talking about.
We can't help you until we know what it is that is wrong IN DETAIL.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
Thenasty:
--- Quote from: whatzcrackn on April 18, 2007, 08:31:43 pm ---I load my CPU today and the external drive says "This drive is not Formated". How do I correct that problem?
Help plz!!!!!
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everytime you buy a NEW DRIVE, you must FORMAT IT. Goto the CONTROL PANEL, Performance and Maintenance, ADmistrative Tools.
If you see a DRIVE LETTER under MY COMPUTER, you can just RIGHT CLICK and FORMAT AWAY.
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: Thenasty on April 18, 2007, 09:17:40 pm ---
--- Quote from: whatzcrackn on April 18, 2007, 08:31:43 pm ---I load my CPU today and the external drive says "This drive is not Formated". How do I correct that problem?
Help plz!!!!!
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everytime you buy a NEW DRIVE, you must FORMAT IT. Goto the CONTROL PANEL, Performance and Maintenance, ADmistrative Tools.
If you see a DRIVE LETTER under MY COMPUTER, you can just RIGHT CLICK and FORMAT AWAY.
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I'm not sure that this is a new drive he's talking about..... If he formats a drive that he already has he's going to lose everything that was on it.
I'm not sure why he's rattling on about a CPU and why he's trying different ones if it's a drive problem. He needs to explain this a bit better otherwise we could end up telling him entirely the wrong thing and destroying any data he may have.
IF it is a new drive, and it doesn't show up with a drive letter (Under Win XP) then you will also need to initialise the drive before you format it.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
whatzcrackn:
I have had the Hard drive for about six months, collecting the files I needed!! Well when I got home today, the famous thinkging glass was displayed and would not do anything for abut 15 mins. So I pushed the power button and reset the CPU. When it reset it, the external hard drive did not show any of the files, it said I needed to reformat it. It is a 160 gig drive and only 2 gigs left before it was full.
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