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

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• You must format the F: drive until you can use it >: O

  I have a sd card and its worked many times on my windows vista home premium 32-bit. I just recorded some videos on it and connected it to my computer. Now its saying it needs formatting! I have so many pictures and videos on my card sd and need to download the YouTube videos. Can someone help me on this please? Should I use another computer and try downloading my videos? Can I get an adapter and put my card in there? WHAT I WOULD DO! :( :( :( :( :(

  Well, the first thing NOT to do is clearly format the card.  Yes, all your suggestions (try another computer, try an external card reader and so on) are good, and no one has one clear advantage over the other. I would also add that you might want to try to put the card in the camera and see if the camera recognizes it and the files it contains.

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  I have a sd card and its worked many times on my windows vista home premium 32-bit. I just recorded some videos on it and connected it to my computer. Now its saying it needs formatting! I have so many pictures and videos on my card sd and need to download the YouTube videos. Can someone help me on this please? Should I use another computer and try downloading my videos? Can I get an adapter and put my card in there? WHAT I WOULD DO! :( :( :( :( :(

• My computer won't allow me to access my files on my portable hard disk without error appear "you must format the E: drive before using it. How can I fix this please!

  My computer won't allow me to access my files on my portable hard disk without error appear "you must format the E: drive before using it. How can I fix this please!

  Try to scan your driver with anti-virus, also try to throw the disc looking for this driver and as you try to run the following tools:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/system_maintenance_for_windows/

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/windows_file_and_folder_diag/

• I need to install the Oracle client until I can use Oracle SQL Developer?

  Hi all
  
  I used to use the PL/SQL Developer to connect to the Oracle server, and before it can work, I have to install Oracle on my PC client.
  
  So I wonder to know if I use Oracle SQL Developer, what I have to do the same thing? If not, why?
  
  Thank you very much.

  Hello Serge,

  you don't need a client. Developer SQL uses JDBC to connect.

  Concerning
  Marcus

• 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

• "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.

• 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.

• 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.

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  SM

• 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.

• The SD card no longer works. "You must format the disk before you can use it"

  I have a dv8000t supplied with XP.  I've upgraded to Vista 32, and after the driver updates and adding the SMCISEnable key in the registry, the SD card reader has worked well.

  Now when I try to use the SD cards, it is said: "you must format the drive until you can use it" as an error message.  I tried the SD cards on other computers, and they work, so I know that is only the HP dv8000t problem. This is perhaps the result of a Windows Service Pack or other update?  I have Vista Service Pack 2.

  Any ideas?  Thank you.

  Hello:

  There is a newer driver that you should try that may fix your issue. April 1, 2009 v2.0.0.9.

  http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=1847703&prodNameId=1847704&swEnvOID=2096&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ob-70996-1

  Paul

• You must format the drive until you can use it!

  Hello.. can someone help me please...

  I have Windows vista... I have an extra external HARD drive... Every time there is an upgrade of vista I can't access my external hard drive, I click Open, he said: "you need to format the disk in E: drive before you can use it, you want to format?"

  Ok.. It's something to do with permissions I have solved this a coupke times before fixing it then setting a restore point, unfortunately my restore point will not do after an another upgrade of vista/update...

  How to reset the permissions so that I can access all my music, images, and documents stored on my external hard drive and... What can I do to stop future updates change my settings and stop my access to my external hard drive?

  Thanks in advance, ian.

  Gringy,
  Here is an article with detailed steps to take to solve the problem of permissions permanently.  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/949608 this involves advanced enough procedures so if this isn't something you feel comfortable with that you get assistance to do this process.

  Change the settings of the REGISTRY can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the REGISTRY settings configuration can be solved. Changes to these settings are at your own risk.

  Thank you

  Gloria
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Satellite Pro A40: Is it possible to format the HARD drive without disk

  I am passing on a Satellite Pro A40 to a brother. It is in very good condition, but has slowed down over the years. I want to get rid of my data (I have on a new machine) and speed up the system by formatting the hard drive.

  The machine didn't come with a disc for Windows XP, or a recovery CD (just a CD "tools and utilities"). I'm sure the drive HARD will be partitioned, and I can format the drive without such a disc.

  If this is true, how should I do?
  Thank you.

  Hello

  I can't believe that you do not have recovery media.
  The laptop must be supplied with recovery CD, Tools & Utilities CD, and WinDVD.

  But back to your question;
  If you insert a new HARD disk, you will need to use the Toshiba Recovery CD or the original CD of Microsoft Windows to install the operating system.
  The new drive is not partitioned HARD and doesn't have any OS pre-installed!

  If you n t have the original CD of Microsoft OS you can contact the service provider allowed in your country and you can order it.

  I hope I could help

  Good bye

• I tried to format the C drive and then reinstall Windows Vista using the windows reinstall disk but I couldn't start in it.

  * Original title: reinstalling Windows Vista

  I tried to format the C drive and then reinstall Windows Vista using the windows reinstall disk but I couldn't start in it. I restarted my computer, press the F12 key and selected boot from cd/dvd, but the computer still started in windows. My computer is Dell. If there is no solution, it is possible to reinstall windows without using the disc?

  Hello

  Here are the options of relocation:

  How ro reinstall from the Dell recovery partition:

  http://www.Dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/04/KCS/KcsArticles/ArticleView?c=us&l=en&s=BSD&docid=DSN_336966

  Reinstalling the printer Dell supplied disk:

  http://www.Dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/19/KCS/KcsArticles/ArticleView?c=us&l=en&s=DHS&docid=DSN_339949

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  You can also borrow and use a Microsoft Vista DVD, which contains the files for the different editions of Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) must be installed. The product key on your computer / Laptop box determines what Edition is installed.

  Other manufacturers recovery DVDs are should not be used for this purpose.

  And you need to know the version of 'bit' for Vista, as 32-bit and 64-bit editions come on different DVDs

  Here's how to do a clean install of Vista using a DVD of Vista from Microsoft:

  "How to do a clean install and configure with a full Version of Vista '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-Vista.html

  And once the operating system is installed, go to your computer manufacturer's website and get the latest drivers for your particular model or laptop computer.

  And phone Activation may be necessary when you use the above installation method.

  "How to activate Vista normally and by Activation of the phone '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-Vista-phone.html

  See you soon.

• Is there a limit on the number of times you can use a disk operating system Windows 8 pro?

  So I got an operating system disk with my laptop, I used a disc of Windows 7 on it. My brother has used the disc 8.1 on its newly build pc, it worked. When I tried on my new pc it says that some files are missing or damaged. I wonder now if you can only use it once.

  Hello

  You can use several times on THE same machine. You can install on many machines, but you can turn on a SINGLE machine. In your case, the system thinks you want to update and it will not work. You must purchase the upgrade dics (DVD).

  Kind regards.