spike1 Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 HiI have just purchased a 60 gig 2.5" IDE hdd from ebay , I have put it into my external caddy that I use to keep downloaded films on , it is showing in my computer , I have tried to format it , but it say's it can not format , this is in xp , when I try it on another PC with Windows 7 it shows up in Computer and it says within the box ,” System Reserved” .Has anyone got any idea as to what that means , I have tried to go FILE FORMAT , but it says it can not do .I am still waiting for a reply from the ebay member that sold it to me .Cheersspike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Spike1,first thing:DON'T PANIC(assume the above to be written in large, friendly letters) The "caddy" you are talking about is a USB external enclosure, right?Usually you don't want to "format" a hard disk that you buy second hand, you want first to wipe it, to (re-) partition it, BEFORE attempting formatting it: it is very possible that the hard disk was partitioned/formatted with an incompatible kind of IPL/MBR or filesystem. You should also test it.There are different tools to perform the above, from XP easiest will probably be:Wipe:Roadkil's Disk Wipe:http://www.roadkil.net/program.php/P14/Disk%20WipePartition:XP Disk ManagerFormat:XP Disk ManagerTest:Hard disk Manufacturer's Utilityhttp://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/tophddiag.htmHDDscan:http://hddguru.com/http://hddguru.com/software/2006.01.22-HDDScan/jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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spike1 Posted July 6, 2010 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 Hi jaclazThe drive is not showing in the list that disc wipe brings up , the drive however is showing a usb icon at the bottom of my pc .stuck now dont know what to do .cheersspike Spike1,first thing:DON'T PANIC(assume the above to be written in large, friendly letters) The "caddy" you are talking about is a USB external enclosure, right?Usually you don't want to "format" a hard disk that you buy second hand, you want first to wipe it, to (re-) partition it, BEFORE attempting formatting it: it is very possible that the hard disk was partitioned/formatted with an incompatible kind of IPL/MBR or filesystem. You should also test it.There are different tools to perform the above, from XP easiest will probably be:Wipe:Roadkil's Disk Wipe:http://www.roadkil.net/program.php/P14/Disk%20WipePartition:XP Disk ManagerFormat:XP Disk ManagerTest:Hard disk Manufacturer's Utilityhttp://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/tophddiag.htmHDDscan:http://hddguru.com/http://hddguru.com/software/2006.01.22-HDDScan/jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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