Dad has done it again - downloaded something that now stops his IE from loading!

Jo4

Figment wrote: »

OK. Go back to My Computer. Right Click on J drive, Click Properties. On the General tab, what is shown against:-

• Type:
• File System:
• Used Space:
• Free Space:
• Capacity:

• Type: Local Disk
• File System: (Nothing showing here)
• Used Space: 0 bytes 0 bytes
• Free Space: 0 bytes 0 bytes
• Capacity: 0 bytes 0 bytes

closed

quick format the j: drive again

Jo4

closed wrote: »

quick format the j: drive again

Got this message "Windows was unable to complete the format".

Figment

Jo4 wrote: »

Got this message "Windows was unable to complete the format".

Try a full format (untick quick format)

Jo4

Figment wrote: »

Try a full format (untick quick format)

I tried that but no success either.

Jo4

Dad is away at the moment so I was hoping I would have this done and the RAM in before he got back. He is due in about 6:30pm.

Figment

:think: You may have an ex-external drive.

Unplug the J: drive (use Safely Remove Hardware if the icon is present in the tray) Disconnect power. Plug USB lead back into computer, then re-apply power. Do you hear the disc spinning and Windows 'chime' ?

Right click J: > Properties. Any change?

Do you have another PC/laptop you can test it on?

Jo4

Figment wrote: »

:think: You may have an ex-external drive.

Unplug the J: drive (use Safely Remove Hardware if the icon is present in the tray) Disconnect power. Plug USB lead back into computer, then re-apply power. Do you hear the disc spinning and Windows 'chime' ?

Right click J: > Properties. Any change?

Do you have another PC/laptop you can test it on?

What is an ex-external drive?

I heard the disc spinning but I did not hear the Windows "chime".

The properties are still the same.

I could test it on my laptop but how do I test it?

Jo4

On my laptop the external drive shows as 228 GB free of 232 GB.

closed

by plugging it in, and copying a file to it