Need help formatting Lacie D2.

BlackoutV · 08-18-2008, 09:00 AM

Hey guys, I need help real bad. I just bought a Lacie D2 external hard drive from a friend who barely used it. It was originally formatted to be used with a mac, but I'm going to be using it on my HP laptop running XP. I'm trying to reformat from CTFS to NTFS. I went under disk management and right clicked on the icon for the hard drive, and under the tabs there is one that says format, but it is not highlighted and wont let me click on it. Any idea on how I can format this hard drive so I can use it with my computer? PLEASE HELP!!!

thanks,

-Dave

BlackoutV · 08-18-2008, 09:28 AM

Anyone???? PLEASE!! I'm a newb to this stuff and I really need help. Also, I'm planning on dumping all my files onto this hard drive so I can reinstall windows on my laptop because it is not running properly. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!! AAHHHH!!

~~wiseleo~~ · 08-18-2008, 01:30 PM

Delete the existing partition. Create an NTFS partition. Format the NTFS partition.

Disk management won't let you make a mess of C: drive :)

What's not working properly on your laptop?

08-18-2008, 09:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
BlackoutV Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Need help formatting Lacie D2. Hey guys, I need help real bad. I just bought a Lacie D2 external hard drive from a friend who barely used it. It was originally formatted to be used with a mac, but I'm going to be using it on my HP laptop running XP. I'm trying to reformat from CTFS to NTFS. I went under disk management and right clicked on the icon for the hard drive, and under the tabs there is one that says format, but it is not highlighted and wont let me click on it. Any idea on how I can format this hard drive so I can use it with my computer? PLEASE HELP!!! thanks, -Dave

08-18-2008, 09:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
BlackoutV Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: Need help formatting Lacie D2. Anyone???? PLEASE!! I'm a newb to this stuff and I really need help. Also, I'm planning on dumping all my files onto this hard drive so I can reinstall windows on my laptop because it is not running properly. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!! AAHHHH!!

08-18-2008, 01:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
~~wiseleo~~ Troubled Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 461 OS: Win 2003 SP2 My System	Re: Need help formatting Lacie D2. Delete the existing partition. Create an NTFS partition. Format the NTFS partition. Disk management won't let you make a mess of C: drive :) What's not working properly on your laptop?