Hard Drive Reformatting

[sfront92]

How do i reformat and repartition a hard drive externally? This hard drive is messed up because i failed a windows installation and so i cant even log into windows on that laptop.

 

[PhilFrisbie]

If you are installing Windows you will be given the option to format the drive. Just boot to the CD/DVD and try again.

 

[sfront92]

umm... if it isnt detecting the hard drive when i install the os, does it mean the hard drive is dead? i can see the hard drive in the bios though.

 

[festerovic]

not necessarily. It might need some kind of drivers. What version of windows are we talking about?

I would take the drive out of the laptop and connect it to a desktop. Maybe try to reformat it on the desktop. At the least it will let you trouble shoot a little better than using the win install disc.

 

[sfront92]

yeah that was what i was thinking, some kind of driver problem. But how do i connect this laptop hard drive to a desktop?? windows 7 64 bit*

 

[festerovic]

its a SATA drive right? Just plug the sata cable to the mobo, and connect the power cable.

 

[aaab]

Use disk management... Right click my computer and click manage. Then click Disk management