Dimension 4500 unable to format sister 160

I am trying to add a 160 GB Hitachi sister HARD drive as a second drive to a Dimension 4500, but when I try to format it using "Disk Management" the format reaches 100% and generates the message 'format was not completely successful. " The same message is displayed even for small partitions.

OS - Windows XP Pro service pack 3

BIOS - A04

I even tried the "driver" on the page of Dell support with no effect (R64013).

The computer appears to see the drive without problems, by signing up to a size of 149,05 GB.

The disc is OK as I could format it without problem in another system.

Where is the problem?


Tags: Dell Drives

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