if so did you format it yourself and what were the risks of it? because i had my pc repaired and the local disk d wasnt formatted i realised just recently. but thing is it said if i format it it will delete everything it has on it. but problem is i dont know what is in it since i cant acces it as its not formatted. do you think i should format it myself? iwould be really gratefull if you have answered my questions today
2007-05-01 06:44:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
If the D drive is not formatted, then there is nothing on it. Formatting it would not erase anything off it. You can do it right from the Windows Control Panel.
However, if you are not familiar with formatting a drive, please ask your favorite "geek" to help you. While it is easy, if you do it wrong you could accidently erase everything on your C drive. (Going rate today for a format is a McDonald's Happy Meal and a Mountain Dew)
2007-05-01 06:52:21 · answer #1 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One reason that the disk cant be read is that the bios does not recognize it. Windows may say that the disk is not formated.. This is because it presumes it is a new drive that needs formating so that it can be read. It could be that the jumpers have been moved. The cable could be conected wrong. Dont format it unless you check. Better to be safe. Make sure its set as the slave drive.I have a drive that does just that but if I connect it to IDE 2.. Set it as master and my dvd drive as slave it runs perfectly. With two master drives .Why it happens I have no idea. I`m running configured like that now. I use my D drive for storage only. No problem at all. Worth a try..
2007-05-01 16:59:34 · answer #2 · answered by uk_pagan54 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
how many disk do you have..it could be master an slave problem( if you have more than one Disk).. if you only have one.. and just got it repaired and you do not know whats in it .. seems like you only have your OS in there.. in this case you can format it if you have the OS CD as it will erase everything.. if you have only one HD and its set up correctly and you had to format it then after you do a clean installation you can get a good data recovery software to retrieve anything in the HD.. Good Luck.
2007-05-01 14:14:12 · answer #3 · answered by JK 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you can't access it formatting will not harm anything. Right click the drive in my computer and just format it. It is already wiped.
2007-05-01 14:07:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everything on your computer is on your disc!
When you format it you take everything off...BLANK!...then you have to load windows and all your software again so dont do it unless you know what you are doing.
You are accessing it all the time..like right now...it holds all your data....windows is on it. You don't need to reformat unless your system is getting messy and you can't take the spyware or virus's off it.
2007-05-01 13:58:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who Repaired your PC ? Perhaps they cabled your PC back Incorrectly. Whom-ever did the work should be responsible if you have good material on the drive; Recovery should still be possible.
2007-05-01 13:47:18 · answer #6 · answered by Mictlan_KISS 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes go ahead and format it. If you cannot access it there is nothing on it.
2007-05-01 13:52:26 · answer #7 · answered by ewtaylor2001 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if its not formatted den dey did a good job cause they didn't delete all ur stuff
wen u formatt a hd it basically wipes it from a users point of view
2007-05-01 14:07:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋