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Thanks for your answers

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Originally Posted by dowster Does the hard drive have an external power source or does it just run off the usb power?

External power source.

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Originally Posted by funky1234 Is the drive USB2.0 compatible? I know many manufacturers are moving to the new USB3.0 shiz, not sure what the new type entails, but I know it causes issues on older, unsupportive operating systems (like the one you're describing). I also know that most HDD's (ext) need a power source. If it is USB powered, ensure the hub is setup/compatible AND (IF usb3.0) both USB leads are plugged in, as most USB3.0 ports don't have a n in-built power source.

It should be compatible with USB 2.0

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Originally Posted by tjying95 Maybe HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool can help you? I use that to format my pendrive after I ****ed it up.

What if I'm not using a HP computer?

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Originally Posted by Haydn If you have a mac try disk utility. Even an old mac will work, (With mac OSX 10.3 or higher)

I'm using Windows

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Originally Posted by Joe Staff Have you tried allocating it? ....

That's the point. When I try to allocate it, it says me the media is write protected.

Still having this problem