How format external USB drive?

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I have a USB external hard drive for back up. It was formatted by a Linux
server and now when I plug it into my USB on my Windows XP PC, it wont see
the drive. It recoginzes there is a HD there, but it doesnt show up at all
as external storage in the drive list.

How do I go about formatting the external drive via USB?

thanks for any tip!
 
jtsnow said:
I have a USB external hard drive for back up. It was formatted by a Linux
server and now when I plug it into my USB on my Windows XP PC, it wont see
the drive. It recoginzes there is a HD there, but it doesnt show up at all
as external storage in the drive list.

How do I go about formatting the external drive via USB?

thanks for any tip!
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Start-Control Panel-Administrative Tools
Then klick Computer Managment and then Disk Managment
Then Right Click onto the Drive
 
great help! thanks!

Sayso Takewashi said:
Start-Control Panel-Administrative Tools
Then klick Computer Managment and then Disk Managment
Then Right Click onto the Drive
Click to expand...
 
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