re: "Windows was unable to complete the format." Monday, January 24, 2005 at 2:45 am Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Steve B (1648 messages posted) You will have to format using NTFS. If you need FAT32 it will have to be formatted with some other alleged OS. On Sunday, January 23, 2005 at 9:14 pm, Daniel wrote: >I just got a brand new Western Digital 80Gig hard drive. I partitioned it so my C: >(Windows) drive is 10Gig and my D: (backup files) to be the remaining. I formatted >the C: drive with FAT32. I installed Windows 2000 on it. I got all the updates yada >yada yada. Okay. Now I go into My Computer, right click the D drive, click Format, >keep all the settings at default, then click Start. It gets to the end like it's >about to finish, then it says "Windows was unable to complete the format." Anyway, >I'm asking if there is a way I can fix this. > >Thank you. Written in response to: "Windows was unable to complete the format." (Daniel: Sunday, January 23, 2005 at 9:14 pm) Responses to this message: re: "Windows was unable to complete the format." (Steve B: Monday, January 24, 2005 at 2:48 am) All messages in this thread [show all] "Windows was unable to complete the format." (Daniel: Sun, Jan 23, 2005, 9:14 pm) re: "Windows was unable to complete the format." (Steve B: Mon, Jan 24, 2005, 2:45 am) re: "Windows was unable to complete the format." (Steve B: Mon, Jan 24, 2005, 2:48 am) re: "Windows was unable to complete the format." (Steve B: Mon, Jan 24, 2005, 2:50 am) re: "Windows was unable to complete the format." (adrian: Mon, Jan 24, 2005, 8:45 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum