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Formatting a hard drive

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  • 18-04-2013 9:21pm
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    manutd83
    Registered Users Posts: 324 ✭✭


    I have a 500gb Toshiba hard drive, iv been using it as an external recorder on a LG tv,i want to format it back so I can use it permanently with my laptop,i thought it would be straight forward but the hard drive is not being recognised when I plug it in to the laptop so I cant format it,anybody any ideas


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    GreenWolfe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    DBAN should work.

    http://www.dban.org/

    Download the ISO, burn it to a CD or put it onto a USB stick using Rufus. Your HDD will be wiped and the HDD should be detected by the Windows installer for partitioning.


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    Freddy Smelly
    Registered Users Posts: 980 ✭✭✭Freddy Smelly


    plug it in and go to control panel > administrative tools > computer management > then disk management

    if you see the drive there you will need to delete the partition then create a new one ntfs type and then format it


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    manutd83
    Registered Users Posts: 324 ✭✭manutd83


    Freddy Smelly wrote: »
    plug it in and go to control panel > administrative tools > computer management > then disk management

    if you see the drive there you will need to delete the partition then create a new one ntfs type and then format it
    Tried this one first and it worked a treat, thanks very much to both of you for your help


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