[Richard Laymon]

Is there a way to format a partition outside of Windows. I have tried to do it within Windows but nothing happens, it just says "Formatting" forever :upset:

 

[hwm54112]

Download the drive manufacturer’s utilities

 

[TheMatt]

You can also boot from an XP CD and use that to format and partition. BTW, if you are doing a full format on a large drive, it may take a while.