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"spangler" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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> Hello ... i've seen a lot with this type of question around here, but i
> don't quite found the answer that i've been looking before.
>
> Okay here's the problem... i just bought My Book Essential 1 TB
> today... and when i got home i plug it and it works just fine but its
> bothering me that the HDD type is FAT32 .. so i format it and try to
> change it to NTFS.. but somethings happen and boom the electric in my
> apartment was down...
> and so when the electric back i want to format it again but i can't...
> there drive is detected but with no space detail...
> it says "Windows can't format Drive H: - Check to see that the disk and
> drive are connected properly, make sure that the disk is not read-only,
> and then try again. For more information, search Help for read-only
> files and how to change them"
>
> anyone knows what should i do ?
>
> when i open the Disk Management from (My COmputer > Manage)
>
> it seems it's already a volume.. but the weird thing there is no space
> detail.. and i cant erase the volume ... i've tried using diskpart but i
> can't do nothing because there is no volume and i can't erase the
> disk...
> no luck with fsutil cause its not ntfs...
>
> I havent tried 3rd party software and i havent tried it on other
> computer (don't have other computer right now) and WDC didnt give live
> cd for formatting because all of them was in the drive... though i
> already redownload it but the program is useless..
>
> please help me
>
> Thanks before
>
>
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> spangler[/color]