- Oct 31, 2014
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i will try to recall as many variables as i can that may play a role in my computers inability to format a hard drive that was working fine prior to using dban harddrive software.
while in the bios the pc still sees the harddrive. based on what i read the reason why windows does not see it is because it is not formatted. so i have been trying to format >.< the usb drive that i used to place win7 ultimate on the pc successfully i deleted to use with dban. i than added the os back on in what i thought was the same manor.
i am able to boot from the usb drive. it allows me to pick language and also click the install windows option i think it is. but than i get an error prompt talking about needed cd/dvd driver and saying it is okay to take the os out of the cd drive if i am using it to add the correct driver so we can continue =/
this is a new step and i do not have the asus dvd drive drivers(i put the cd the dvd player with in but windows did not recognize a driver on it).
my goal, if possible, i want to format this harddrive without putting an os on it; is this even possible?
all the cd versions of windows i have access to are 32 bit and i still tried it but seems like it does not work as it skips the install and just boots the function os.
i will continue to look into solutions my problem but if you can help me that would be appreciated.
thank you for your time.
while in the bios the pc still sees the harddrive. based on what i read the reason why windows does not see it is because it is not formatted. so i have been trying to format >.< the usb drive that i used to place win7 ultimate on the pc successfully i deleted to use with dban. i than added the os back on in what i thought was the same manor.
i am able to boot from the usb drive. it allows me to pick language and also click the install windows option i think it is. but than i get an error prompt talking about needed cd/dvd driver and saying it is okay to take the os out of the cd drive if i am using it to add the correct driver so we can continue =/
this is a new step and i do not have the asus dvd drive drivers(i put the cd the dvd player with in but windows did not recognize a driver on it).
my goal, if possible, i want to format this harddrive without putting an os on it; is this even possible?
all the cd versions of windows i have access to are 32 bit and i still tried it but seems like it does not work as it skips the install and just boots the function os.
i will continue to look into solutions my problem but if you can help me that would be appreciated.
thank you for your time.
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