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Yeah windows has a nice tool where you can format your hdd. The thing is that the time it takes to format depends on the size of your drive. You'll need to format with windows first, then Winhiip.
I had done this before and I remember it wasn't exactly straight forward... I'll do my best to give you the steps, but if something is missing or sounds weird, use your best judgement.
1)You'll need to open up your control panel. One method is Start/Settings/Control Panel.
2)If you have Windows XP, switch to classic view and open Administrative Tools/Computer Management.
3)Within Computer Management there is a program tree that you'll need to expand if it is not already expanded. Expand Storage and click once on Disk Management
Now this is where the fun I don't remember stuff begins :)!
1)You will have your installed hardware on the bottom, and your PS2 should same something weird like "non-dianamic disk" or something. Pretty much it will stick out. You can tell what it will be because you can see the size on the HDD labeled.
2)Right click on it and it should say to convert it or something. It might prompt you to select a drive letter also. Pretty much just go with whatever it asks you.
3)You may also need to format the drive. The pc might offer to do this for you, but if it doesn't, right click on the drive and select format. Choose quick format, because full will take like 4 hours or something stupid like that. Also it doesn't matter if you choose to format as NTSC or FAT32. Go with what your heart tells you ;)
4)In the end, your formatted HDD will show in the top portion of the window and be labeled as healthy.
Now that it is formatted, you can either use Winhiip to make it PS2 format or your PS2 itself. You're good to go from here on out.
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 This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 11. November 2005 @ 08:43
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