how to a reformat an external hard drive that was already formatted into two drives???
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The easiest way (and free) would be to Go to Start..Control Panel..Administrator tools...Computer Management...Under "Storage" chose Disk Management.  There you should see your external hard drive with 2 partitions.  From here you can right-click on the partition and delete it.  Once you delete a partition it will say that that is now unallocated space.  Delete the other partition and the entire drive should be unallocated space.  Now, right-click the drive and create the partitions the size that you so desire.  This will also give you the chance to format the partitions and label them too.\nWord of warning: \nTHIS WILL DELETE EVERYTHING ON THOSE PARTITIONS.  If this is unacceptable, then there is a wonderful commercial program that will allow you to re-size your partitions.  It is called Partition Magic.  Also, Windows Vista has the ability to re-size partitions also.  If you can get a release candidate copy from Microsoft, that will do it for free also.  \nI hope this was helpful.
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If you formated the HDD it is imposibel to recover the data\n\nYou can try to search for such softs but i don't think that they exist\n\nhttp://www.click-me.go.ro
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You didnt say whether it was a new of just reformatted HDD, sometimes you have to bite the bullet and start from scratch in the long run it takes less time doing it the right way. FIRST partition the HDD THEN format the HDD go to run type cmd that brings you to the command line then type format space drive letter colon (format c:) that is from the old days now if you need to format a floppy substitute a  for c Once the HDD is formatted correctly, e is usually a CD or DVD drive unless you have multiple HDDs the easiest way is to go to "my computer" and see what is there. if something is missing many times a cable has been disconnected so open the case and check to see all the connections are in place and tight
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I would have reformatted it. If you had a boot sector virus for instance, It will likely still be there.\n\nI use the wash utility found in webroot windows washer.\n\nYou can either install the hard drive as an extra storage drive and write zeros across it or you can make a floppy disk and boot to that.  In this situation you would only want the old drive plugged in as this is the drive you are to clean.\n\nWebroot windows washer is very easy to use. You can use the free trial to do this.  See link below.\n\nSo there is no confusion, I am an affiliate. I don't care if you  purchase it or not. I am simply  providing that link because the trials from my website are fully functional. If you get it from the website it just shows you what needs cleaning. \n\nSimply formatting or fdisking your computer DOES NOT ERASE ANYTHING.\n\nHope that helps\nNigel
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provided that you installed it and formatted properly.. you can just access both hard drive folders and use the old click and drag method..
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You need to format the new drive - if it is the only hard drive in a new system, this will be done automatically as part of the installation of your Operating System (ie, windows).\n\nIf it is a second (third, fourth, etc) drive in your system, then you have to format it manually - in windows you can do this via the disk management interface - right click on 'my computer' and select manage.  Find the new volume in the disk management list and right click it.  Go to format.
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external harddrive, or change out the old one to a larger one
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use "DiskInternals Undelete" to recover the lost data to another proper drive, then you can reformat the c: drive and the it should work fine.. install windows then copy the recovered data back to the formatted drive
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Install your old hard drive in your new computer setting the jumper to Slave.  Copy off the files you want, reformat the drive and them you will have 2 hard drives.
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see, formattting an internal harddisk and external one is the same thing, just make the external one as the master, by some jumpher settings,
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all you have to do is hook it up to your computer through the usb port and open up the settings menu and reformat option should be there. Make sure you use the right setting while you reformat it.
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you have to format and name the drive using the admin tools then it will show up as a drive\n\nuse control panel/admin tools/computer management/storage then disk management right clcik the new drive and format as ntfs and the drive should show up in "My Computer"
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The same as you'd do with a desktop computer.\n\nI assume by reformat you also mean to reinstall Windows - if so the easiest way is to boot from your Windows CD.  You'll select to do a new installation, and when it brings up your partition table, you will delete the existing partition, and install windows to the "unformatted space".  Windows will then format and partition the hard disk and install a fresh copy of windows.
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JUst change the HDD with another brand type HDD. Try Western Digital, they are pretty good at hard drives.
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reformat it with the cd that u receive when u bought it. if u don know how send it to computer shp. quite cheap.
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You can connect it on a working computer, then go to My Computer -> right click on the external drive -> then click format.\n\nhope this helps...
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What I would do is re-install Windows and all your software on the new HD and slave your current crashed HD without formatting see if you can recover any data from it.  Here are instructions on HD installation. http://www.basichardware.com/HowTo_Install_Hard_Drive.html