I need to fdisk and format a hard drive. Why, and how?

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bcrabtree
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A hard disk drive can't be used in Windows or DOS until it has been fdisk and formatted.

To find out why this is so, and how to do it, see:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q255/8/67.asp#1

Bob C

bcrabtree
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This thread on these boards may also be useful:
http://www.dvdoctor.net/cgi-bin/ubb/Forum9/HTML/000472.html

Bob C