Cannot format hard drive. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics () I am trying to format my hard drive, it is already converted to NTFS but I cam getting the error message cannot format drive e (my drive letter) I have ran CHKDSK and...

Cannot format hard drive help?. My issue currently is I want to reformat my D drive (I have two hard drives) my current OS is Windows 7 64x ultimate and that is installed on my C drive (300g raptor) Ive got about 200gb of usless junk on my D drive which I...

Do you have to format your hard drive for Raid 0?. If I want to set up raid 0 do I have to format my hard drive? Also will I see any improved performance on a pair of western digital caviar blacks? I'm talking FPS or in game performance (while playing and carrying...

If I format this Hard Drive I will lose ALL my needed files. I'm having some problems with my 5 year old Seagate Hard Drive in my new GXT Brand external IDE USB external enclosure. I installed in my old Seagate Barracuda IDE drive (filled with needed files)...

I can't figure out how to format my Hard drive. I have windows 7 installed on 2 separate hard drives. I'm trying to format the other hard drive to whipe it out and when i go to my computer and right click on the hard drive and format it says error. When I...

before i tried slipstreaming the raid drivers. My question is, would it be advisable to reformat the hard drive to get a clean install. I have the correct drivers now. I'm not sure if this info is still on the hard drive and I don't want problems to arise...

I just got a Dell Vostro 1400 and I'm trying to format the hard drive so I can replace XP Home with XP Pro. The problem I'm having is that upon startup using the XP Pro CD, it's unable to find any hard drives in the laptop. Obviously there's a hard drive...

Clean install on formatted hard drive.. lattitude c640.i know how to set the boot order in bios but not what to do next?. lattitude c640.i know how to set the boot order in bios but not what to do next? You put the OS disc in and restart. It will ask you to...

Transfering files without first formatting hard drive. I am the owner of a Playstation 3 which recently broke. After fixing that issue, I needed to figure out a way to get my hard drive to work in my new playstation without formatting and losing all of my...

Formatting Hard Drive. Since when has it been hard to format a hard drive. My girlfriend has XP on her hard drive and she wants me to format it but for some reason my Windows 98 disk will not perform the format. It gives me a "Formatting Hard Drive Error"...