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External HDD in Raw format - But wont let me change to Fat32/NTFS etc
BaileyB
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Hi guys,
My friend gave me a USB hard drive and i plugged it in and was in Raw format i have tried changing it to Fat, Fat32 and NTFS but it wont let me do it.
Is the drive broken?
My friend gave me a USB hard drive and i plugged it in and was in Raw format i have tried changing it to Fat, Fat32 and NTFS but it wont let me do it.
Is the drive broken?
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In Device Manager >> Disk Management - does it show the drive...0
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Yes as raw format, but would not let me change it0
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Disk Management allows you to delete and create partitions. Try selecting the drive and deleting the partition, then creating a new one. Should solve your problem.Never Knowingly Understood.
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An excellent partition manager that I have used a few times is gparted which can be burnt to a bootable cd
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php0 -
Swissknife will sort that for you
http://download.cnet.com/CompuApps-SwissKnife-V3/3000-2248_4-10070864.html:idea:0 -
Tried deleting volumes, partitions and nothing.
Also tried Swissknife says read/write error but the drive is healthy according to windows0 -
You don't say but I assume you are on Vista or Win7, and you are correct it wont let you.
use aliEnRIK's suggestion of Swissknife !, but be aware that :
- Win7 will tell you it's not compatible and not to go ahead even if you switch off the UAC
- Ignore it and install, but even when you run swissknife in Win7 - Win7 will still tell you your USB is still not formatted
- But it is, take it out & plug it back in and hey presto it works !Disclaimer : Everything I write on this forum is my opinion. I try to be an even-handed poster and accept that you at times may not agree with these opinions or how I choose to express them, this is not my problem. The Disabled : If years cannot be added to their lives, at least life can be added to their years - Alf Morris - ℜ0
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