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My Second Hard Drive wont format



 
 
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Old September 25th 08, 12:18 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Pay-chekk
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Default My Second Hard Drive wont format


I just built a system with vista 64 and installed 2 hard drives. My
system drive is a WD raptor 300G and my media drive is a Samsung 500G
drive. Vista installed ok, but when I go to format the Samsung in vista
it will not format. Any ideas on how to format the drive so I can store
large files on it.
Thanks
Mikey


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Old September 25th 08, 01:46 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Mike Hall - MVP[_3_]
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"Pay-chekk" wrote in message
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I just built a system with vista 64 and installed 2 hard drives. My
system drive is a WD raptor 300G and my media drive is a Samsung 500G
drive. Vista installed ok, but when I go to format the Samsung in vista
it will not format. Any ideas on how to format the drive so I can store
large files on it.
Thanks
Mikey


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Use the disk management in 'Administrative Tools', and don't forget to
initialize the disk first..


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Old September 25th 08, 04:42 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
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Thanks Mike, I forgot to initialize the HD. All is good. Thanx again.
Mikey


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Old September 25th 08, 01:25 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
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Thanks Mike, I forgot to initialize the HD. All is good. Thanx again.
Mikey


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You're welcome..


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