[access-uk] Re: Formatting a hard drive in a usb cradle

  • From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:00:32 +0100

You should be able to partition and format your drive OK
using XP.  It's just treated as an external drive.

 

George.

 

From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Phil
Stephenson
Sent: 23 August 2008 08:58
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Formatting a hard drive in a usb cradle

 

Hi,

 

I want to format the hard drive from my dead Toshiba laptop
which I've got housed in a USB cradle to connect to my
desktop.  I want to do a complete format i.e. to leave me
with a clean drive so I can use as an extra usb storage
drive for my desktop.  Can I do this using Win XP tools or
do I need some additional software?

 

Your help greatfully appreciated,

 

Phil

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