Slave drive format problem

[ozzy72]

Well I've got my PC more or less working, but my slave drive won't format. It has set itself to file type RAW and I can't convert her to NTFS. Any ideas as format fails from DOS and XP format....

[Fozzer]

Mornin Oz...!

You've tried the usual in DOS...(from boot floppy disk)...?
a:\ format (enter)
format d:  /u (enter)

Cheers Oz... ...!

Paul.

...assuming "d" is your slave drive.

[ozzy72]

Yup! Didn't work. I've just used a low-level format program from the HD makers website and it seems to have worked
Now all I've got to do is reinstall everything. No flying for me today

[Weather_Man]

After a low-level format from the HDD utility CD, try to format again through windows (administrative tools/computer management/storage) with a full format. The low-level format is really just to prepare the drive so windows can recognize it, not so good for storing data.

[Ivan]

lowlevel wipes the drive with zeros.
wihtout fdisk there is no life in it as far as windows is concerned.