Erased Partition on external hard drive by mistake! Help!. Hi! I had just installed XP on my system and after installing some software from my external hard drive i realized that something went wrong with the install so i decided to reinstall the os. I forgot...

Formatting External Hard Drive. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage () I use Windows XP. I have just bought a Lacie 160gb USB 2.0 external hard drive which is already set up as FAT32. I want NTFS. Since no data is involved,...

I am trying to restore a backup file from an external hard drive, but > Windows XP doesn't recognize the drive. Here are the facts. About a week > ago, > the hard drive on my notebook died. I took it to the shop and got it > replaced. I've now reinstalled...

drive(secure your data) and create a new partition?? never tried reformatting again the hard drive with partition i just reformatted it a couple of weeks again so it kinda fresh, and the hard drive with partition is NTFS formatted and the external hard...

OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES. This note has been prompted by difficulties experienced when fitting the 160Gb HD to the i-Buddie external hard drive. 1. Important background information. At any time this system operates with one of three selectable...

external usb hard drive that I have until the upgrade is completed and Then move them back to his machine. I formatted the external drive using the ME machine and it has been recognized. However, when I attempt to move or copy the pictures from the...

How format USB drive?. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics () I have a USB external hard drive for back up. It was formatted by a Linux server and now when I plug it into my USB on my Windows XP PC, it wont see the drive. It recoginzes...

I go about formatting the external drive via USB? thanks for any tip! Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers () jtsnow wrote: > I have a USB external hard drive for back up. It was formatted by a Linux > server and now when I plug...

drive would fix anything anyway... the problem is probably with how the OS sees the hard drive, and not the hard drive itself. The only suggestion I have left is to reformat and reinstall Windows. Sorry I couldn't be of more help :( you can formate it Hi...

HDD, I also bought some external HDD enclosures for drives I had laying around from previous upgrades that were in excellent condition one is even sporting a SATA drive and both of those are USB2.0 enclosures. I've been running these external HDDs now for...