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Hi
I have a HD that was bootable and taken out of an old computer. There may be a problem with the formatting cos originally, I wanted to keep it in the old computer but when I was repartitioning it, sth went wrong and I got an error (Magic Partition Maker) After that, we couldn't do anything with it, not even go back to previous working configuration or reboot in safe mode. So I took it out with the idea to use it as a external HD instead. But when I connect it to my new computer, it is recognised as an external storage device but does not appear in 'My computer'. Instead, Windows tries to find a driver for it but fails. How can I access this HD to reformat it and use it? Thanks Dave Neve |
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Is it recognised in Disk Management?
If so you can format there "Dave Neve" <NoAddressForSpammers@noway.fr> wrote in message news:eGaw6jIDGHA.2356@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > Hi > > I have a HD that was bootable and taken out of an old computer. > > There may be a problem with the formatting cos originally, I wanted to keep > it in the old computer but when I was repartitioning it, sth went wrong and > I got an error (Magic Partition Maker) > > After that, we couldn't do anything with it, not even go back to previous > working configuration or reboot in safe mode. > > So I took it out with the idea to use it as a external HD instead. > > But when I connect it to my new computer, it is recognised as an external > storage device but does not appear in 'My computer'. > > Instead, Windows tries to find a driver for it but fails. > > How can I access this HD to reformat it and use it? > > Thanks > > Dave Neve > > |
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