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Old 05-16-2008, 12:21 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bootup05 View Post
Im guessing theres still some boot files on there, this happened to me.

Is that drive you want to format being classed as the system drive? Check for hidden files on the drive that are still lurking around an then use something like FDISK to format it outside of windows.

IIRC You can't copy the boot files over so it would mean a reformat, but thats one way of getting your nuisance drive formatted

Go check, whats the drive being listed as under drive manager, & What hidden files are left on there
Yeah, It has a previous copy of Windows on there, Well, I mean, at least I think it does. I can't view what's on it, I need to format it before I can look at what's on it...

I have two HDD's in my computer at the moment, A WD120GB with Vista on, and this Seagate 500GB that I need to format (I want Vista on that one)

What do you suggest?
I was recomended MaxBlast 5, So, I need to format it, then Partition it?

Thanks!
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