Cannot initialize or format new hd


  1. johnnygood
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    Win 7 Professional 64 bit
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    Cannot initialize or format new hd


    I successfully installed a hard drive in my win 7 pc and it is recognized but when I right click and select format it says that the the drive is in use and cannot be formatted. When I tried to go into computer mgmt and right clicked on it the option for partition is greyed out. Please help me get this drive up and running! :)
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  3. GokAy
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
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    Screenshot of Disk Management please as described here - Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image

    Attach screenshot as described here - Screenshots and Files - Upload and Post in Seven Forums

    You can try Partition Wizard free, create the bootable media from within the program and boot with it to format/initialize new HDD.
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