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• External hard drive suddenly cannot open it give the message error "you must format the disk in the drive until you can use it", and your hard disk is 0 bytes

  External hard drive can not suddenly open - fixed

  my external hard drive worked very well all the time, but suddenly I can't open it more, when I tried to open it, it gives the error message "You must format the disk in the drive until you can use it" and my hard drive is 0 bytes, average there is no file in the hard drive. Average, all the data inside hard disk are gone!

  Hello muhammad.

  Before you do anything with this player, you can search online for some data recovery utilities so that you can try to recover your data.

  What operating system do you use?

  Have you tried running chkdsk on the drive?

  Let us know.

  Best regards

  Matthew_Ha

• External hard drive not detected with the error: "You must format the disk in the J: drive until you can use it."

  Hello

  I have an external hard drive to work perfectly. I'm back from vacation, and it does not appear under "My Computer". It appears under "Devices and printers", however. This is a link to a screencap of Device Manager: http://i.gyazo.com/9e91e1d71ed32c55dba0419e79b499d5.png

  The device in question is that of J:, and it says here that he has 100% free space, that worries me, because he had only 50 GB of free space when I used the latter. After that I open the disk management, I get a pop up message saying: "You must format the disk in the J: drive until you can use it."

  How can I get my hard drive appears again?

  Thank you

  Original title: external hard drive not appearing is not in Windows 7

  Hi John,.

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  I imagine the inconvenience that you are experiencing and will certainly help you in the right direction to solve the problem.

  According to the error message, I suggest trying the suggestions posted by the NakulShridhar responded on 14 October 2011 and by that alexquiteguy replied on 13 January 2011 in the thread following link and check if it helps.

  "You must format the disk in drive J: before you can use it"

  [Steps apply to Windows 7]

  Hope this information is useful. Let us know if you need more help, we will be happy to help you.

• "You must format the disk in drive J: before you can use it"

  Says error message "You must format the disk in drive J: before that you can use" I have a removable USB storage drive that I always connected to my computer whenever I have download movies save disk space on my computer.  Now, he wants me to format this disk storage.  Also, where he used to qualify this drive as "Removable disk", it is not labeled as Local J: drive. I don't want to format this drive because it erases all my files and folders on removable USB storage drive.  Please help me.

  I had the same problem.
  And I have a solution for you... The problem is that when you plug in your HD first, Windows 7 install your hard drive and associate it with only this USB port (whether the USB port "4") If you want to use (HD) again, you need to plug it into the same USB port (USB port '4'), where it was first installed. It's stupid! But that's how it worked with my HD.

  Try all USB ports you have on your PC.

  Good luck.

  Hope this has been helpful. : D

  PS: the same problem is with all the damage that connect you to your pc.

• "You have to format the disk in the drive...". »

  Hello

  I had some problems with Vista is not able to read hard drive when I try to open my Buffalo external hard drive or my camera, I get the following message: "you must format the disk in drive x until you can use it." Vista reads both in RAW format, but I am absolutely certain that they are not - all of the two has worked very well until a few days ago, and both work perfectly on both XP and OS X. If anyone knows how to solve this problem, I would appreciate it a lot. Thank you

  RA

  Hello jaetejou2,

  Thank you for your response back!

  I suggest you to visit the link provided below to the support of Buffalo with your external hard drive.  I don't know your specific model, but there is a search.

  Buffalo support:
  http://forums.buffalotech.com/Buffalo/Board?Board.ID=SolvedStorageThreads

  However, he advised that it was working a couple of days, when you have submitted.  You did it changes on your operating system before this problem?  I suggest to try a system restore to a point in time where everything worked.  Please let us know status.  Thank you!

  The tool using System Restore may not necessarily help you determine the problem. The System Restore tool uses points of restore to return the system files and settings to an earlier point in time. You can use it to restore the operating system to a point in time where you have not experienced the problem. When you use system restore to restore the computer to a previous state, the programs and updates that you have installed are removed.

  How to repair the operating system and how to restore the configuration of the operating system to an earlier point in time in Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/936212/ James Microsoft answers Support engineer visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• I'm having a problem reinstalling Windows XP. After formatting the disk and create partitions, it will not complete the installation.

  Problem reinstalling Windows XP

  I'm having a problem reinstalling Windows XP.  After formatting the disk and create partitions, it will not complete the installation.  He goes back and reinstall Windows again.  I go through the installation of 39 minutes, the computer restarts to complete and it loops back and start the installation again. Why it does this and what I can do to move beyond this?

  Go into the BIOS and make sure that you your hard drive is not set to off, and that is the first priority boot CD and your second HD.

  Don't push when it restarts anything just to let him do what he does and report back if anything I'm sorry I have no idea.

• USB Flash Drive gives the error "you must format the disk in drive E, before you can use it"

  I just plugged my USB pen and a message pops up saying: "you need to format the disk in drive E, until you can use" I was wondering if and how I can solve this problem? Can anyone help? Sam
  * original title - USB pen problem *.

  Hi samanthaGibbons,

  What is the make and model of your USB Flash drive?

  The USB Flash drive works in any other computer?

  It might be a problem with the drive itself, or it may need to be formatted.

  I suggest you check out the website of the manufacturer for possible troubleshooting or know how to reformat the disk, if necessary.

  I hope this helps!

• "You must format the disk in drive g before you can use it"

  "You need to format the disk in drive g before you can use it... "Really crappy to get Msg. I have a Corsair 16 GB FAT drive. I got the disc from my Vista computer and go to a XP machine safely. Aaarrrggghhh!

  New tips on how to solve this problem?

  When you say fat, do you mean exfat?

  If you have the disk formatted exfat format, you may need to update xp so as to be able to read,

  article following the base of knowledge may help you.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/955704

  good luck keep us,

• My HDD shows this error: "you must format the disk in the M: drive, until you can use it. You want to format? »

  My HDD shows this error: you need to format the disk in drive M: until you can use it. Format you? 
  Please help me! the hard drive is like my life...
  That's the reason of my existence...
  I need in the data and that i will do everything I have to please :/ someone help me
  Please helpppp!

  Original title: WD hard drive problem! Desperately need help. Please

  Hi Arman,

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  I would say you can remove the drive letter M: using disk management and assign a different drive for the drive letter and check if it helps you to solve the problem and if the drive works very well.

  To change the drive letter in disk management follow the steps below:

  a. open computer by clicking the Start> Control Panel > system and security> Administrative Tools > computer management. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

  (b) in the left pane, click disk management.

  c. click the drive that you want to change and then click change drive letter and paths.

  d. do one of the following:

  • For letter an if it has not already received, click Add, click the letter you want to use and then click OK.
  • To change a drive letter, click change, click assign the following drive letter, click the letter you want to use, and then click OK.
  • To remove a drive letter, click Remove, and then click Yes to confirm that you want to remove.

  Additional information:

  Change, add, or remove a drive letter

  In addition, please refer to the steps posted by NakulShridhar responded on October 14, 2011 in the following thread and check if this can help:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-update/you-need-to-format-the-disk-in-drive-j-before-you/4e153784-3217-4425-9c39-48030af82a13

  Warning:
  Running chkdsk on the drive if bad sectors are found on the disk hard when chkdsk attempts to repair this area if all available on which data can be lost.

  Hope this information is useful. Let us know if you need more help, we will be happy to help you.

• If I have not access to the disk partition hard base would impact on the installation of a complete operating system?

  Original title: TPG Server petition.

  I wanted to know if I di not actually have access to the disk partition hard base would impact on the installation of a complete operating system of Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit? Instead of having a computer with a complete installation of windows mine came with versions of WinPE OEM, NT and MCE. The GPT partition server that I can see is protected. Partial operating systems seem to be installed on network disk Volumes. I think that what I have to do down the disk hard real all delete and start again but I'm having a problem to see what is all about the drive through programs and remove what I find. He also seems to have a certain type of script hidden BIOS more wrinkles to retail and canceling all decisions on versions of the oem .cfg files. She configures and installs the server instead of windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit server software. The installation gives the highest administrative authority to the network administrators who I don't know and have never met and to manage my personal laptop. It creates a serious problem when I want to use my computer for one purpose and that some people I don't know and have never met want me to use my computer for something else.

  Hello

  The question you posted would be better suited in the TechNet Forums. I would recommend posting your query in the TechNet Forums.

  TechNet Forum
  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/Windows/en-us/home?category=w7itpro

  Hope this information helps.

• You must format the disk in the K: drive until you can use it.

  How can I recover data from my USB drive without formatting?

  Tested on another PC?

• I bought a pack of Windows 7 OEM System Builder. But now I've lost my product key of the box, how can I recover it?

  I bought a pack of Windows 7 OEM System Builder. But now I've lost my product key of the box, how can I recover it?

  You can not

  The key was on a COA sticker must be on a sticker that you * should * have stamped on the case of the machine.

  If the OS is installed (properly with the key), you can read it using a tool such as Belarc Advisor - www.belarc.com

• just bought SCAN SNAP supplied with disc of Acrobat, but only for PC, I use a MAC, the serial number of the disk, how to use and get for MAC

  just bought SCAN SNAP supplied with disc of Acrobat, but only for PC, I use a MAC, the serial number of the disk, how to use and get for MAC

  Standard Acrobat's window only; Acrobat pro for mac

• my USB won't open it says "you must format the disk hard until you can use it"

  Hello
  I have my brand DANE ELEC 16 GB USB key was the work properly. I took it off wile, he played the song, and since then, I have try to open a dialog box open and said you need to format the hard disk: X before you can use I can't format it because I'll lose my data fields, important documents of songs picters.
  If anyone can help me with it please
  Thank you in advance.

  Because you don't properly stop the disc before removing it, you burned her FAT (File Allocation Table that each player has). Your files are still there, but they can only be read by the 'normal' software... think of a hard drive as a subdivision... formatting a disk (any drive) is like the ranking of all sectors which will be the roads and determine where the accommodation structures (folders) can be placed. When a fat gets grilled, all the rankings and roads disappeared suddenly... but the housing is still there. Recovery software puts the ranking and roads back.

  Is there a software that I used to be called "Rescue" that worked fine on the old disk to FAT32. Costs $60 but it was cheaper than $1000 than for a customer who had sprayed a server hard drive (and replaced their backup before calling me, long story, lesson learned client and I learned the value of disaster planning... but I digress), I was at another time.

  Good luck!! Let us know what you find / use / work... so that you can save we / you... because it will never happen.

  TX,
  SM

• How can I recover data hard drive XP in Visa 64 bit computer?

  Other than using a hard drive in XP as a slave in a computer 64 bit Vista, how can I recover the files in the drive XP given that the motherboard of the computer broken XP?

  Hi, amymay5!

  You can retrieve any information on the disk hard until you connect it to a mother's work. So, if you have a Vista computer, the option to connect as a slave is easier to achieve your goal.

  Good luck!