hi i had some days back posted a question on how to make my internal hard drive external 1 now i put the drive into a external hard drive encloser but when i connect it to my computer windows asks me to format it i click on format now then if i keep the quickformat enabled i get an error windows was unable to compleat formatting and if i disible quickformat i waited for 15 mins but the progress bar doesnt even move 1% does it take somuch time to format a 160gb pata drive details about hard drive size 160gb type pata installed windows xp home when drive was used as internal hard drive details of formatting computer windows 7 ultimate please help me on how to make the hard drive -- created using a dell inspiron mini 10(1012) NETBOOK win7ultimate ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq