Solved External HDD not detected

[redfira234]

Hi
i recently had a hard drive failure which meant i was unable to use my laptop so i decide to use my external HDD (work on windows) as a backup drive until i bought a new HDD so i install Linux Ubuntu 11.04 on it (work fine) then when i fixed my laptop i wanted to remove linux and use my external HDD again as a storage device so i poped the linux cd in and deleted the partition so i thought i could use it again but its undetectable on my windows OS. it does not appear in my computer(when you double click the icon) but appears in my device manager.
Pls help me and thx in advance

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello redfira234, welcome to Seven Forums!



Have you tried giving the external a drive letter in Windows disk management?

Type diskmgmt.msc into the Windows 7 start menu search box and be sure to post back with any further questions you may have and to keep us informed.

 

[theog]

Can you post a screen shot of Disk management?
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-how-post-screenshot-seven-forums.html

Screenshot tools.
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...ed-method-uploading-posting-screen-shots.html
How to Use the Snipping Tool in Vista - Vista Forums
Snipping Tool - Windows 7 features - Microsoft Windows
Use Snipping Tool to capture screen shots
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9717-screenshot-paint.html

 

[redfira234]

Screenshot

i tried giving my drive a letter but it gives me the decision of either formatting it to NTFS or exfat or to not forrmat tell me if you need a screenshot of this

Here is the screenshot

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

How mayy partitions were originally on that HDD before you adde tha Linux OS?

 

[redfira234]

that same amount remove the hardrive

 

[theog]

Take look at those tutorials:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2668-partition-volume-delete.html?ltr=P
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2674-partition-volume-create-new.html?ltr=P

 

[redfira234]

hey i tried creating a new simple volume but only had the options of exfat and NTFS so i formatted it to NTFS cause i am planning to put ISO there and now its detectable are there any disadvantages? like will it support windows XP or only windows 7? thx for the help