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    HD format... HELP

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cookiesh, Mar 7, 2009.

  1. cookiesh

    cookiesh Newbie

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    I have a notebook harddrive (Fujitsu), that I want to turn into an external hard drive. I have a vantec/NexStar enclosure, but I cant get it to work. I think I need to reformat the HD but i dont know how. Any thoughts/ suggestions would be appreciated.
     
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  2. steve p

    steve p Notebook Evangelist

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    Do you have an IDE or SATA drive? Do you have the right enclosure for it? What do you mean by "can't get it to work"? You can format a drive from within Windows.
     
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    Primes Notebook Deity

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    put the drive in the enclosure.
    plug into computer
    right click on "my computer" and choose "manage, then goto disk management.
    you should be able to right click on the external and then format it from there.
     
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