I recently built my first PC, and I planned on using an existing hard drive that I have as a secondary drive in the new machine. So my plans were to:
1) copy existing Windows XP partition (along with everything else on the drive, which is a 120GB Western Digital) to an older, but still functioning 40GB Western Digital.
2) re-use the 40GB in the old machine, and put the 120GB in the new machine
My problem is this: Windows is not allowing me to format the 40GB drive, even though there is nothing on the drive (it used to have mp3s only, which I have already transferred from the drive). It gives me an error message; "The drive, D: cannot be formatted". this happens both when doing a quick format and the regular format.
What would cause this? I am certain the drive is fine. Even teh SMART tab in speedfan gives it a 96% health and 100% performance. Is there any other way to go about formatting the drive? Shareware?
1) copy existing Windows XP partition (along with everything else on the drive, which is a 120GB Western Digital) to an older, but still functioning 40GB Western Digital.
2) re-use the 40GB in the old machine, and put the 120GB in the new machine
My problem is this: Windows is not allowing me to format the 40GB drive, even though there is nothing on the drive (it used to have mp3s only, which I have already transferred from the drive). It gives me an error message; "The drive, D: cannot be formatted". this happens both when doing a quick format and the regular format.
What would cause this? I am certain the drive is fine. Even teh SMART tab in speedfan gives it a 96% health and 100% performance. Is there any other way to go about formatting the drive? Shareware?