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silverpalm · 07-08-09, 09:38 AM

morning every one ,i have 2 sky+ harddrives that i would like to use in my pc,when i use fdisk to delete partitions its only sees 32gb or the 160gb is there a tool like there was for the xbox to make the drives pc useable
thank you

Danielle · 07-08-09, 10:00 AM

delete all partitions and stick it in, what I did with mine when I stuck a 250gb drive in it

silverpalm · 07-08-09, 10:50 AM

hello

thanks for the reply i tried to delete all parts but fdisk only sees 1 32gb part
i tried windows 7 and vista to dlete all parts but no joy,would partmagic work do you know

thank you for the help

Danielle · 07-08-09, 11:00 AM

boot into windows setup delete all partitions then turn pc off and stick hd in the box it should sort it out

silverpalm · 07-08-09, 11:13 AM

hello will try that cheers lol i just thought i could try to format in windows thank you for your help

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silverpalm Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 276 Thanks: 23 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	convert sky+ hard dive morning every one ,i have 2 sky+ harddrives that i would like to use in my pc,when i use fdisk to delete partitions its only sees 32gb or the 160gb is there a tool like there was for the xbox to make the drives pc useable thank you

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Danielle Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,016 Thanks: 137 Thanked 466 Times in 379 Posts	Re: convert sky+ hard dive delete all partitions and stick it in, what I did with mine when I stuck a 250gb drive in it __________________ Please don't PM me Create a post so others can learn

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silverpalm Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 276 Thanks: 23 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	Re: convert sky+ hard dive hello thanks for the reply i tried to delete all parts but fdisk only sees 1 32gb part i tried windows 7 and vista to dlete all parts but no joy,would partmagic work do you know thank you for the help

07-08-09, 11:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
Danielle Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,016 Thanks: 137 Thanked 466 Times in 379 Posts	Re: convert sky+ hard dive boot into windows setup delete all partitions then turn pc off and stick hd in the box it should sort it out __________________ Please don't PM me Create a post so others can learn

07-08-09, 11:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
silverpalm Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 276 Thanks: 23 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	Re: convert sky+ hard dive hello will try that cheers lol i just thought i could try to format in windows thank you for your help

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