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 May 8 2008, 06:42 PM
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May 8 2008, 08:43 PM
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 Visiting Consultant  Posts: 50 OS: Two tin cans and a string |
Greetings Glenpeter
You have to open the Command Prompt in elevated mode, by right clicking its icon and selecting 'Run as Administrator'. Then type format <Driver Letter>: /FS:FAT32 <Drive letter> being the drive you wish to format. Good luck Kaz |
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May 9 2008, 12:27 AM
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QUOTE (Kazzoo @ May 8 2008, 09:43 PM)  Greetings Glenpeter You have to open the Command Prompt in elevated mode, by right clicking its icon and selecting 'Run as Administrator'. Then type format <Driver Letter>: /FS:FAT32 <Drive letter> being the drive you wish to format. Good luck The HDD was originally NTFS. It's all messed up but no bad sectors.....Following your instructions will bring it all together as 80G FAT 32? Kaz |
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May 12 2008, 07:47 AM
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Member Posts: 22 From: Whiting NJ OS: Vista Basic |
Thanks but the command line you gave me does not work. It comes up "Invalid parameters".
However, I was able to reformat the HDD back to NTFS and regained the 80G back and it's all straightened out. |
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