How can i format my iomega 1TB whan it doesent show on drive

[pj001]

Hello,
Hello i have a hitachi 1tb external harddrive it wont be recognised on my drives list

 

[GhislainG]

How is it connected? eSATA, USB or FireWire?

 

[pj001]

Hi its usb 1tb on windows

thanks for th reply

 

[GhislainG]

Has the drive already been formatted or is it brand new? If it hasn't been formatted before, you need to format it via Disk Management.

Edit: Make sure you format the new drive and not your boot drive (C: drive).