HI,

My experience:

If the unit is going into an external Usb hard drive case it needs to be
formated first.

If the unit is going into a removable IDE device, it should be able to
be formated in the system,
provided the hard drive rack system is powered keyed on.

Thanks and have a Great Day!

Joe Lore


FWIW:
Mine says to format it before you install it into the case... (These
instructions came with the case...)

                                           Rick Glazier
CC:
From: "Lester Proctor"
> I have added a larger hard drive in my removable hard drive case. I
> need to format the HD so my computer will recognize it (it
would be D: drive). I know I need to download an boot disk, but how do I
get it to "format D:"?

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