USB HD Unrecognized Partition

[mbd1968]

Hi All,

I have a USB HD that my Vista Ultimate 64bit system doesn't recognize. I was originally going to put this in my laptop but decided not to, I think the Dell install CD may have messed up the partition. Is there a way (free SW, or something) that will let me delete the partition and reformat the disk?

Thanks.
M.

 

[r_manic]

Vista can do that itself. Go to its disk management tool. Press Windows Key + R, type in "diskmgmt.msc", then press Enter. You'll be presented with a list of your hard disks; right-clicking on one will let you delete, create, resize, or format a partition.