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Title: DriveStation Combo 1tb will not format
Post by: twinigma on October 15, 2008, 11:55:45 PM

Hello, I am trying to set up my 1tb Drivestation Combo drive (via firewire). When I plug it in to the port, Windows says that the drive is not formatted and asks if I would like to format it. I click OK, and then it gives me a message that it was unable to format the drive. I tried doing it on an XP machine and on a Vista machine. Neither worked. What should I do?

Thanks so much

Title: Re: DriveStation Combo 1tb will not format
Post by: Paul on October 16, 2008, 11:21:06 AM

I would do it from the disk manager, it may have to be initialized

Title: Re: DriveStation Combo 1tb will not format
Post by: twinigma on October 16, 2008, 03:04:40 PM

can you tell me how to do that? I'm sorry, I'm new at this.

Thanks!

Title: Re: DriveStation Combo 1tb will not format
Post by: Paul on October 16, 2008, 05:49:20 PM

Depending on your operating system you are going to right click on my computer, then left click on manage.

click on storage (on the right side)

click on disk management

You will see the unformatted disk on the bottom of the screen, you can right click (buffalo drive only) for more options.

If you still need help after this let me know what Operating system your using (Vista, Xp, ect...) and what options you have when you right click on the unallocated drive.

Title: Re: DriveStation Combo 1tb will not format
Post by: twinigma on October 16, 2008, 07:08:38 PM

OK, I did all that. Immediately, the Logical Disk Manager brought an error message that said it was unable to format. That was using the Quick Format option. I have it running the regular format now, but I tried it before and got the same message so I expect to again. The manager says the disk is healthy. Under formatting, it doesn't have an entry, so I am formatting for NTFS. This is on a Compaq running XP.

Any suggestions?

Thank you

Title: Re: DriveStation Combo 1tb will not format
Post by: twinigma on October 16, 2008, 11:24:09 PM

And update - doing it the long way (not Quick Format) did not work either - message said the format was unsuccessful. What do I do?

Title: Re: DriveStation Combo 1tb will not format
Post by: Paul on October 20, 2008, 06:43:37 AM

Try it on another pc that should not have happened

what operating system are you using?

Title: Re: DriveStation Combo 1tb will not format
Post by: pk977 on March 03, 2010, 05:04:51 AM

Hello All,

Can 1TB format to NTFS. Any official instruction of that

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