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nomadcrys Posts 195 Registration date Tuesday 18 November 2008 Status Member Last seen 29 January 2010 - 6 Nov 2009 à 13:44
dancedhall Posts 3053 Registration date Wednesday 13 May 2009 Status Member Last seen 12 March 2010 - 6 Nov 2009 à 13:52
Hello,

I have an external HDD of 20gb and i can't open it and i got an error message saying to me that the disk should be reformatted, but then my pc freezes, what could the problem be ?
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dancedhall Posts 3053 Registration date Wednesday 13 May 2009 Status Member Last seen 12 March 2010 656
6 Nov 2009 à 13:52
hi there,

bad sectors

try to format it from hp disk format tool

which can e downloaded from link below:

https://ccm.net/downloads/tools/4639-hp-usb-disk-storage-format-tool/

Thanks