Specifically, which WD app did you use to "ready" the drive?  Did you write zeroes to the entire drive? Backup for what?  Windows?  OS?
Diane Kroeckel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I have an HP computer running WinXP2 with a 120GB HD.
>
>I used Western Digital's Data Lifeguard program to ready a 80GB HD for
>backup.  After doing so it can't be read and needs to be formatted.
>Windows is unable to format it.
>
>I went into Dos to format it and it said the drive was raw and to use the
>/fs switch to specify the file system.  I don't know what to do.
>
>Thanks.
>


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