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formatting a USB Hard Drive
How can be formatted an added external USB Hard Drive on a
PC with WIN 98SE system? In 98SE at the DOS/fdisk command menu there is no option to switch to Drive 2 to start the formatting procedure. Must the new hard drive be formatted before installing the USB2.0\WIN 98 Disk Driver software on the drive C? |
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formatting a USB Hard Drive
USB is not available from DOS, so the drive won't be visible to format. You
should format the drive from within Windows. Right-click the drive icon in My Computer and select Format. USB devices invariably require the software to be installed before the device is connected - check your installation manual for details. The drive must be installed and working before it can be formatted. Formatting is the last installation step before commencing to use the drive. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (DTS) "adami" wrote in message ... How can be formatted an added external USB Hard Drive on a PC with WIN 98SE system? In 98SE at the DOS/fdisk command menu there is no option to switch to Drive 2 to start the formatting procedure. Must the new hard drive be formatted before installing the USB2.0\WIN 98 Disk Driver software on the drive C? |
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formatting a USB Hard Drive
If you cannot access the USB hard drive with fdisk after installing a
required driver, there are other solutions. One is removing the hard disk from the USB tray/box and physically connecting it to your onboard ide, then fdisk and format as usual. Put is back in the box and check again. "adami" wrote in message ... How can be formatted an added external USB Hard Drive on a PC with WIN 98SE system? In 98SE at the DOS/fdisk command menu there is no option to switch to Drive 2 to start the formatting procedure. Must the new hard drive be formatted before installing the USB2.0\WIN 98 Disk Driver software on the drive C? |
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