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nomadcrys Posts 195 Registration date Tuesday November 18, 2008 Status Member Last seen January 29, 2010 - Nov 6, 2009 at 01:44 PM
dancedhall Posts 3056 Registration date Wednesday May 13, 2009 Status Member Last seen March 12, 2010 - Nov 6, 2009 at 01:52 PM
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 3056 Registration date Wednesday May 13, 2009 Status Member Last seen March 12, 2010 656
Nov 6, 2009 at 01:52 PM
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
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