How to access external hard drive when it needs to be formatted

naubaharkhan · Nov 18, 2010

Hello,
how to access external hard drive when it says, needs to be formatted first?

anort3 · Nov 18, 2010

Go to Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management. Then format and you are ready to go.

Mousemonkey · Feb 24, 2012

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Mousemonkey · Feb 24, 2012

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