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This is generally how your format the hard diskand install Windows. First you need a Windows XP or Windows Vista installation CD and the productinstallation code, which is printed on the Windows label on the bottom of yourlaptop. Boot up with the Windows installation CD start and follow the instructions toinstall Windows. Next Delete the existing Windows partition. Next Create a new partition. Next format this new partition - Format the partition in NTFS not a quickformat. This will prepare the Windows for a clean install. Quick now if you only want to format the hard drive.
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There are applications available that have varying degrees of success in recovering data from formatted hard drives. The bigger problem is whether or not you have written anything else to the drive since formatting it. These applications can recover the partition table and the File Allocation Table if things are pretty much pristine. What ever you do, don't put anything else on the drive you formatted. This will only corrupt things further and make recovery harder. If the data is crucial data, you may be better served getting a data recovery service to do it for you, although this can be very expensive and has no guarantee of success.
This link will take you a listing of many options for recovery. I cannot vouch for any of them.
If the hard drive was formatted on a PC computer in NTFS file format then the MAC will not recognise this hard drive. If you want to transfer data between the PC and MAC then you need to format the hard drive with a PC in FAT32 file format. The MAC can read and write to a FAT32 formatted hard drive
Use a program called Active Kill disk it is a free download this will wipe the hard drive clean every partition will be wiped clean just like from the factory it will then be like installing a new hard drive. Remember to rate my solution.
If the computer is prompting that the drive needs to be formatted, this means either the drive has become currupt (not likely) or that the drive hasn't been formatted or is an unrecognised format
if the hard drive was formatted on a Mac or Linux machine without choose Fat32 format, the drive will be prompted to be formatted under a windows machine
if there is no information on that drive, i'd suggest just formatting it
remember formatting a hard drive removes all information off that hard drive.
depends on the erase you want to do. if you want a simple format just open my computer
right click the drive and hit format. select Quick format and then click the format button.
lets get all of the details first you say you cant access the hard drive then the message cant be formatted how are you trying to format the hard drives what procedure??? will need more imformation a hard drive must be formatted from a ""third party disc""
Go to My Computer, right click on the drive, go to format. select fat32 on the type list. Remember that this will delete all of the files on the Hard Drive.
This drive is an IDE drive. The jumpers can be set on it to make it a slave. Once set as a slave, you can identify the drive letter given to this drive and format it either at a command prompt: C:> format [drive:] /s (to make it bootable) or no /s to just format it.- OR within Windows: right click on the drive letter and select format.
You will receive an error message when copying a file larger than
4GB to the hard drive if the drive is formatted FAT32. The FAT32 file
system has a file size limitation of 4GB. You may also receive an
error when backing up to the hard drive using backup software. To
correct this problem you will need to format the drive to NTFS. If you
are using Windows ME or 98SE, you will not be able to use NTFS. There are some products that do not support the NTFS files
system or changing their file system. If you own a FlashTrax/FlashTrax
XT/FotoChute/PhotoBank/USB FireLite XPress, you cannot change the
format of the drive to NTFS. It must be kept as FAT32 in order to
operate properly. If you are using SOHO NAS via ethernet, do not
format it to NTFS. If you have any questions, please contact technical
support before you format the drive.
Warning: Formatting a hard drive erases all data from the drive. Please backup any data prior to formatting the hard drive.
To format to NTFS, open My Computer.
1.Right-click on the Verbatim hard drive, left-click on Format.
2.Select NTFS as the File System.
3.Place a check in Quick Format.
4.Click Start.
Once the format completes, you will be able to copy files larger than 4GB to the hard drive.
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