Disc error

[stokecity_m]

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

 

[stokecity_m]

yep done that, still wont let me format the drive

 

[stokecity_m]

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