Jim624 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Took a 60 GB HD out of an older HP and am trying to make it work as an external Hard Drive. Windows is recognizing it....I go to my computer and I see "G" drive.....but whenever I try to format it it goes almost through the whole process then a window pops up that says "Windows cannot complete the format". I have tried this format on three different computers.....no luck. The jumper on the back is set on CS....ANY HELP PUUUHHH LLLLLLLEEEAAAASSSEEEE !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 If the drive is in an external enclosure, set the jumper to Master. I've heard of enclosures not working properly unless this is so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Von Cookie Koopa Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Maybe your HD is not being read correctly. My External HD I am uisng with the USB flash driver that is located in the 98 sections does this when I change the HD or whatever IDE drive. Maybe it is a USB Disc driver problem.However by external being the swap drives I can't help there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Took a 60 GB HD out of an older HP and am trying to make it work as an external Hard Drive. Windows is recognizing it....I go to my computer and I see "G" drive.....but whenever I try to format it it goes almost through the whole process then a window pops up that says "Windows cannot complete the format". I have tried this format on three different computers.....no luck. The jumper on the back is set on CS....ANY HELP PUUUHHH LLLLLLLEEEAAAASSSEEEE !!!!!If you are trying to format on NTFS and it doesn´t work, then try FAT32 or even FAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim624 Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 Jeeesh forgot one other thing ( my bad) When I originally connected it it did work. I connected it and could see and open all the folders on the hard drive......but when I went to format it I got the "Windows cannot complete format" error.Tried the Fat/Fat32....would not work either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Have you tried setting the jumper to master? It can have strange effects to use CS in some enclosures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim624 Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 I have set it to every possible jump.....still no format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 What brand of enclosure is it?Have you tried removing the drive and reinstalling it in the enclosure (i.e. unplugging and re-plugging the connectors)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonestonne Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 have you tried formatting it as an internal hard drive, then putting it in the external enclosure? you may try partitioning software because windows isn't always the most reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 What brand of enclosure is it?Also, what brand is the drive? If it's a Western Digital, take the Master/Slave/CS jumper OFF completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim624 Posted January 21, 2007 Author Share Posted January 21, 2007 Bought another external case.....connected it all up and it formatted just fine.......should of paid heed to my deer departed dad's words of wisdom....when working on ANYTHING electrical in nature always check the easiest, simplest fix first. Thanks for all your replies !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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