Trouble formatting a USB as a boot device. (Many many errors)

i'm going to keep this as simple as possible -bought ssd (crucial mx100 256gb) -put ssd into my computer -made bootable win7 usb and plugged it in -everything is going smooth and ok -after install of wins 7 everything is fine, i decided to re-install a program i was using before -i...

Hi, I have a 500 GB HDD that is partitioned as C: (main System Volume as it has Windows 7 x64 on it) and D: (storage area for software and personal files). My main problem is sometimes, when I wanna delete a folder on the D: partition, it annoys me with a "folder access denied" message saying that...

I recently got given a hdd by a friend. It has xp on it. I run w7 ultimate. So I figured I'd format the newly acquired hdd and keep it for some extra storage space. Only problem is I get an error saying "windows can not complete the format". Any ideas on how I can fix this and format the drive?

I've got three HD's: c: is windows, g: is a storage drive, and e: is an external storage drive. In the last month or so at startup, windows has tried to run a checkdisk on G: but it fails every time. I'm trying to figure out how to format G: because its giving me endless trouble. I backed it...

I just placed an old hard drive into my computer to use as a slave. After I booted up on my current hard drive I went into disk manager and tried to format all the partitions. I formated one easily but the other won't seem to format. The option to format or delete volume are both greyed out. I...