Disc error

stokecity_m · 4 Oct 2011 at 19:43

Just put in a Hard Drive from another pc and need to format it.

When i try i keep getting the following error - Windows can't format this drive, Quit any disk utilities or other programs that are using this drive and try agian formating" error when you try to format your drive?

any ideas?

Cheers

Surveyor · 4 Oct 2011 at 21:03

Try using Disk Management to delete any partitions on the disk.

stokecity_m · 4 Oct 2011 at 22:49

yep done that, still wont let me format the drive

Surveyor · 4 Oct 2011 at 23:03

Have you tried formatting by right clicking on the disk in Disk Management?

tipes · 5 Oct 2011 at 10:51

It can also be something simple like windows explorer is showing the contents of the drive - try going to start/computer and then right clik the drive in question and select format - should work.

Mark

stokecity_m · 5 Oct 2011 at 12:48

not sure why it worked, but once i placed a few items on the drive - it allowed me to format it.