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To: Mike McFarland who wrote (75944)	6/20/2011 2:19:46 PM
From: PMS Witch	of 110652

Try DISKPART Open a Command Prompt Window as Administrator. DISKPART> LIST DISK DISKPART> SELECT DISK 2 {Use whatever number LIST indicates} DISKPART> DETAIL DISK {Check that you've selected the correct disk} DISKPART> CLEAN DISKPART> CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY DISKPART> LIST PARTITION DISKPART> SELECT PARTITION 1 {Use whatever number LIST indicates} DISKPART> FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="PickName" QUICK DISKPART> ACTIVE EXIT DISKPART> HELP {May be useful} The CLEAN command will over-write the first and last 100MB. You could use CLEAN ALL to over-write the entire drive, but that would take well over an hour (or two.) Either way, your MBR (Master Boot Record) and Partition Table will disappear -- and it appears like they need to go. If you omit the QUICK from the FORMAT command, your system will verify the entire disk. This will take an hour or two. On my new disks, I make the first Primary Partition Active. It doesn't hurt if I use it for data, but it really helps if I decide to use if for booting sometime later. Cheers, PW. P.S. You could also SELECT VOLUME and use ASSIGN LETTER=L if you're unhappy with the drive letter Windows provides. P.P.S. My earlier messages on Initializing disks . . . 27406623 27406938

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