Hi,
basically i want to format a hard drive, which is in the NTFS form.
I have 2 hard drives (40b, 1.2gb) atm win2kpro is installed on the 40gb, while win2k datacentre is installed on the 1.2gb. In windows you can format the drive by just right-clicking on it etc. I have done this many times with the 1.2gb, however i want to format the 40gb from the 1.2gb. this is causing problems.
I click format, says this will erase all data. hit yes, and abotu 2seconds later says
I have some files copied across from the 40gb (the one i am trying to format) but would that cause this problem?Windows cannot format this drive. Quit any disk utilities or other programs that are using this drive, and make sure that no window is displaying the contents of the drive. Then try formatting again.
I have a floppy drive, downloaded some boot disk thing from www.bootdisk.com but even an fdisk, and looking for non-dos partitions wouldnt find it.
I really need to format this drive, can anyone help?
Thanks
Will.