Erase hd keep op system

Assuming you have connected the drive and then restarted the computer with the drive connected and powered on... if it is model 31714 (not the same as the picture no power supply is required - if power supply is required make sure unit is powered on prior to connecting)

First guess at your problem. Your disks are formatted for a operating system other than what you are using. (Mac formatted disks on a PC or the other way around)

If you don't know how the disks were formatted you could test this by letting it get to the "insert disk" and then trying to right click and see if you have a format option ... note this will erase all information on the disks.. you will likely need to long format

Second guess the drive is bad... have seen cases where the drive is bad. If you have another computer you can use try hooking the computer up to another computer and see if you get the same result.

Let me know if this does not work and specific model number and op system I might have more ideas. I can also point you to a replacement If I know more about your system.

put in your new op system disk then let it format the drive for you ok

You just do not drop in a replacement hard drive from another working computer and expect it to work. The replacement hard drive is now in a "foreign" environment and often will not work to protect the existing operating system. If you have the operating system disks you may be able to do a "repair" operation where the OS is given a chance to adjust to is new environment and install new drivers. If not, then all you can do is format the replacement unit and re install all of the software; everything is one drive is lost and you start from square one.

which operating system ??


Restart your computer now as soon as you hit the power button keep on holding Alt key & keep on tapping F10 key Alt+F10 it will open the recovery console select full factory restore and follow on screen instruction

this may vary depending on your computer and operating system

(Note:this will erase all datas on the computer)

hope it helps

you need the original operation disk that has the operating software and drivers to do that, if you format you will completely erase the whole hdd, ie the operating system and drivers, so your gonna have to replace it with something

You will need to talk to whoever you got the HD from. It should have come with a format disk since HD have barely changed over the last ten years they can still be setup for just about anything form FAT16 to the latest Mac use.
The reason you are having troubles is that the HD doesn't know what format you are giving it. Whenever i have bought a new HD it comes with a disc to format then you are good to use the OS disc to load up it is possible that the recovery disc is setup only for a Toshiba setup HD and not another generic format. you might what to call the toshiba help line (800) 457-7777 that is straight from their website. Best of luck my friend

1. In first place the MD 3.0 cd must be used before you install any OS. It allows you to partition the HD by assigning a size for de C: (operating system partition). The rest of the HD is automatically assigned for the partition D: and for the space required for MD3.

2. At this point the MD is not yet installed. You are request to install your OP with you OP install cd. After you install the OP you are ready for really installing the MD3.

THE SOLUTION:

I found a BIOS update at:

http://support.dell.com/support/down...id=-1&impid=-1


I ran this update from Windows.

After that I restart my computer from the MD3 cd. It will format your HD and you will follow the steps to reinstall.

If I understand correctly ... you need to format a hard disc partition.
to do that, yo open My Computer, right-click on the partition and select Format. you'll get a small window. You can chose Quick Format, though I don't really recomend it. to start, click the button begin/start/format ... something like that.
Formating erases all data on the partition! be sure to copy everything you want to keep on another partition or CD.
Furthermore, you can not format the partition with the currently runnign operating system on it. for that, you need to do things a bit differently. Post if you'd like that info, too.

I think your windows media must have been impure. The best solution is format the c drive and reinstall the your operating system which op system you have been used so far. This will solved your problem.

Hi, In computer terms, formatting a hardrive is the process of preparing/setting the different areas (for read/write) of the harddrive and keeping a list of the addresses. This way the computer would know what data went with what and to where in the HD. Most if not all new HDs are not formatted (prepared) for computer use but are detectable by the PC. Formatting not only makes the HD recognizable, it is now usable. By formatting, the PC also erases any and all references to the existing data on the HD. After being erased and prepared, it also checked for any possible errors. Hope this be of some idea/help. Good luck and kind regards.