This weekend a installed the windows 7 64bit over a vista 32bit. During the installation I left my Samsung S2 HD 500gb plugged in.After the installation the windows didn't find a mass storage controller drive and my HD appeared as Local Drive ( F: ). When I try to access it, this msg comes up: you need to format the disk in drive f before you can use it. I tried plugging in all usb port I could find. And even the win xp 32bit showed the same msg. I also tried the "Easy Recovery Pro". But it didn't worked. When a click on any of the recovery option the software doesnot find any hard drive in my pc. Then I tried the "GetDataBack for NTFS". After 24 hours of scanning, it didn't find any of my files. Tonight, I will try the "diskdigger" and the "Recuva". But I am not putting too much faith on those software due some post I read here. I really need to recover same work data.
Can I format a Hard Drive with Windows 7 using a 2000 format disk. If so, what are the prompts i see and action on boot-up before I use the format C. Done it before but just forgot
When I try to access drive D it says this "you need to format the disk in drive d before you can use it". I don't even know whats in Drive D, my computer is new. But when I right click properties for used space it says 0 bytes and free space 0 bytes. But it still says its full. [URL]. After I press cancel [URL]. Drive Space [URL]. What should I do?
Every 5 minutes or so , a pop up saying "You need to format the disk in drive g before you can use it" comes up. Problem is, I have no disk in drive g, and nothing connected to my usb ports. So i have no idea what this means. Add to this that the device manager keeps refreshing and will not let me click anything.
I am getting this popup: "You need to format the disk in drive x before you can use it". In my case it's drive H:. I have unchecked "Use AutoPlay for all media and devices" in the Control Panel. I did this a week ago when I started getting these popups and it seemed to work till today when it all started up again. I just noticed that the popup is not appearing, but the drive is appearing and disappearing from my file manager (I use Q-dir).
I'm building my first pc and I'm getting blocked right at the gate. I have a 64bit Windows 7 installation disk (home version, "for system builders" ). This is a fresh installation, I don't have any other OSs for this build so my options are limited.
It starts out fine, but when I get to the point where I am to pick a hard drive to install to, it won't accept anything. It will allow me to delete partitions but clicking on "New" or "Format" (under the advanced options) makes it think for a few seconds, then just stop like nothing happened.
I have tried formatting it through gparted, but no matter what I do it complains that the drive has been formatted with in GPT, even when the drive is completely clean and unformatted.
I'm using a Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1tb hard drive on the MSI P67A-GD65 mobo with intel i7 2600k.
basically a bad partition will not allow me to wipe the computer clean, boot XP from the drive or add/change bios screen...i don't have tje kind of cash to buy or pay for repairs. what can i do?
How to full format my laptop hard drive. I have already Re install windows 7 in E: drive. Previously I have win-7 in C: drive after encounter some problems, Re-install new Windows 7 but that time I didn't format the hard disk that's why its install in drive E. Now when start the up of the lap top both selection are coming will start with old win or new win-7...and having some trouble with my windows 7 that's why I want to full format the hard dive without bootable disk and install new win-7.
how i can format my pen drive if window 7 and XP is unable to format it. they are saying files are in use. i have kept window xp, photoshop and some other software in it. Now please tell me how can i delete these items or format it.
I am using win 7 ( Home premium ).My ram is 2GB .I use my PC alot with some heavy programs .So my system is slow down. I want to use Win XP .But Win 7 cant install win XP .I have read some internet page.They said I must format my system disk to install win XP .I dont know how to format this.
I just bought an Samsung G2 External HDD month ago. It worked well since the date I bought it. But yesterday, when I'm trying to plug in my external, windows give me some error message :
"You need to format the disk in drive G: before you can use it"
I dont want to format my external, because I had many important files in my external. If I had to format, how can I recover my files in the external ?
SO, problem is: I got this USB, it worked very well 'til some days ago. I can't format it, no matter what I try, e.g. formatting it using different formats, formatting it using Computer Management, formatting it in safe mode. None of these things seem to work for me, and I have no idea why. There's also something else to it: before it became unusable and not format-able, it was somewhere around 4GB, and now, when I want to format it, it gives only the option to format it using the capacity of 12.5MB, which doesn't work anyway. I've tried looking at unpartioned spaces in it, but there aren't any, so I completely have no idea how to go through this problem.
I have bought a new laptop (DOS installed) and trying to install windows7 After i installed windows 7, i can see only 30 gb drive in "My computer" (500 gb hard disk) When iam trying to create new volume in disk management on unallocated space iam getting a prompt that "this action will convert the disk to dynamic disk" when i proceeded with clicking ok i get an error message saying "Not enough space on the disk to perform the operation" Even in the windows installation screen iam unable to select the unallocated space and format. I can see the options "format", "delete" disabled for the partitions I can see the options enabled for only few partitions. This is a brand new laptop with DOS installed and iam installing the windows for first time.how can i partition the hard disk and format?
i am trying to extract this zip file but i get the following, "Permission denied. The administrator rights are required to run this tool" I can open up grub4dos zip file but not the usb disk storage format program..
I have got a laptop with win 7 on it. There is only one drive in laptop which is C: , I want to wipe the hard disk and install win xp professional on it.1- How can i format the hard disk which has win 7 on it?2- After formating the hard disk, would i able to install the window 7 through recovery disk which i have already made incase anything goes wrong?
I have "Jetflash Transend 8GB" flash drive. I can't format it. When i try to delete or format it this error appears "The disk is write protected" so how do i format it
I am trying to format a 320 GB disk drive as single storage that was once used on a motherboard as a Raid 0 array. I can format the disk drive as NTFS via a USB cable, but when I try and connect the drive internally on the motherboard, the computer does not see it. When I go to disk managment to try and initialize hhe drive, it list the drive as a array and gives me an error. I have tried this a couple times and am at a loss as to hoe to get rid of the "Array" name disk managment says it is.
I have bought a new laptop (DOS installed) and trying to install windows7After i installed windows 7, i can see only 30 gb drive in "My computer" (500 gb hard disk)When iam trying to create new volume in disk management on unallocated spaceiam getting a prompt that "this action will convert the disk to dynamic disk"when i proceeded with clicking ok i get an error message saying "Not enough space on the disk to perform the operation"Even in the windows installation screen iam unable to select the unallocated space and format.I can see the options "format", "delete" disabled for the partitionsI can see the options enabled for only few partitions.This is a brand new laptop with DOS installed and iam installing the windows for first time.
Recently, I'm unaware of what happened to my Hard disc, If I connect it to my laptop or any other PC, it is asking me to format. I cant even open it, cant ready any data from it....If initiated for error check, to start an error check also, it is asking me to format.
Am unable to read or write in my hard disk.. every time it shows msg saying not accessible. i tried to format but even that is not happening. i tried using cmd prompt. but no use.
i recently bought a new hard drive to put my os on, and i stupidly changed my old hard drive type from basic to dymainic, and its not letting me reformat it or convert it back to basic. When i try it says "Windows cannot format the system volume on this disk."
