formatting h d

[r sherriff]

i thought i was pretty smart, but this one has got me beat!bought a
secondhand hd to use as a backup, connected, no probs,checked for bad
segments etc , no probs,checked properties, wow, empty disc has 6gb on it,
clicked disc,one solitary file in docs and settings containg 6kb, and
appears to be a yahoo file.no sweat, format the disc, trouble,"windows
cannot format " message, run file shredder, "cannot delete as associated
file is missing" seems original owner must have deleted the programmes
instead of uninstalling, so i dont even know what they are! HELP someone out
there has got to be REALLY smart. many thanks ralph

 

[E.T.Me]

Try running fdisk and repartition the H/D...Then
reformat.

 

[Michael Stevens]

i thought i was pretty smart, but this one has got me beat!bought a
secondhand hd to use as a backup, connected, no probs,checked for bad
segments etc , no probs,checked properties, wow, empty disc has 6gb
on it, clicked disc,one solitary file in docs and settings containg
6kb, and appears to be a yahoo file.no sweat, format the disc,
trouble,"windows cannot format " message, run file shredder, "cannot
delete as associated file is missing" seems original owner must have
deleted the programmes instead of uninstalling, so i dont even know
what they are! HELP someone out there has got to be REALLY smart.
many thanks ralph

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