I have a Maxtor STM 3200820A hard drive as my 2nd drive. It is currently giving me a problem where it says it is not formatted and when I try to format it (via Windows or 3rd party software,) it says cannot format the drive.
Originally the drive was full and fine. Then I installed a new video card to support my new monitor. Then it went haywire giving me I/O errors. I disconnected the drive, ran windows, reconnected, and no more I/O errors. Now I cannot format. Side issue as well my floppy drive cannot format a disk either. They must somehow be related. Please help as I have exhausted support sites.
Originally the drive was full and fine. Then I installed a new video card to support my new monitor. Then it went haywire giving me I/O errors. I disconnected the drive, ran windows, reconnected, and no more I/O errors. Now I cannot format. Side issue as well my floppy drive cannot format a disk either. They must somehow be related. Please help as I have exhausted support sites.