kaxel

I just got a western digital external that is 320 gb and it won't let me format it into ntfs. It says that the media on the drive it protexted, is there a way to do it anyhow?

N2Gaming

How have you tried to format it so far?

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esocid

Try using gparted. Burn to disc and boot with it.

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kaxel

I am trying to use HP USB Disk Storage Format tool.

N2Gaming

Here is a couple of apps for you to try. You may need to use a program to burn a dvd or cdrom if you have a burner.

IMGBURN: This is the easiest ISO burner I have ever used Period

Parted Majic: This Live CD allows you to add, format, delete, resize & move partitions while in a Linux mouse based GUI and surf the web while your work is being done.

EASEUS: only works w/32 bit OS's. It is provided to optimize the performance of server or non-server machines by extending the system partition. To Create, Delete, Resize/Move, Copy or Format

You should be golden w/all of these.

Good Luck,

N2G

EDIT: Oops well you will not be able to use EASEUS w/a 64 bit os like your xp but I was told it works good w/32 bit os's

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