How to format a new hard drive in WindowsXP/2000?
CAUTION: Doing the following will erase any existing data on the drive. If the drive is damaged and you wish to recover the data, continuing may overwrite the existing information! For Windows 2000/XP, go to Control Panel and select Administrative Tools. From there, choose Computer Management. On the LEFT pane, select Disk Management. Windows should now give you the option to initialize the disk. Go through the Wizard. Once complete, locate your hard drive in the bottom right pane (it should say Unallocated). Right click on the area that says Unallocated and choose New Partition. Follow the directions of the Windows wizard. Once complete, you should now be able to see the drive in Windows Explorer. If the Wizard does not appear, look in the lower right pane and find your new drive (it will be listed as “Disk #”). If a red error symbol appears here, right click it and choose Initialize. Go through the Wizard. Once complete, or if the red error symbol was not present, continue below to P
