formatting h d

[E.T.Me]

Try running fdisk and repartition the H/D...Then
reformat.
>-----Original Message-----
>i thought i was pretty smart, but this one has got me
beat!bought a
>secondhand hd to use as a backup, connected, no
probs,checked for bad
>segments etc , no probs,checked properties, wow, empty
disc has 6gb on it,
>clicked disc,one solitary file in docs and settings
containg 6kb, and
>appears to be a yahoo file.no sweat, format the disc,
trouble,"windows
>cannot format " message, run file shredder, "cannot
delete as associated
>file is missing" seems original owner must have deleted
the programmes
>instead of uninstalling, so i dont even know what they
are! HELP someone out
>there has got to be REALLY smart. many thanks ralph
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