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Are USB external drives formatted with WBFS bricked for normal use afterwards?
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gwynne
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_ 		27. June 2009 @ 11:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Attempting to return my Maxtor external to its previous state since my USB Loader GX experiment doesn't seem to be working out. I can't get it formatted with anything (XP, Win7, OSX), a range of errors from generic failure to permission denied.

Did I miss a warning about using external drives for this, or is my Maxtor possibly circling the drain?
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gwynne
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_ 		27. June 2009 @ 14:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Most recent attempt. "Windows could not complete the format."

Anyone? Don't mind being told I'm an idiot. Has anyone been able to return an external drive to normal Windows usage after WBFS?
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wiiNinja
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_ 		27. June 2009 @ 14:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Why don't you try deleting the partition and do it again. Also, Maxtor has some utils on their website. Try those.
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gwynne
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_ 		27. June 2009 @ 15:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Good point, don't think I've tried that yet--brain kinda went into panic mode.

I'll also check out Maxtor utils if not.

Thank you.
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gwynne
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_ 		27. June 2009 @ 15:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Removed partition, re-created, attempted format. "Windows was unable to complete the format."
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wiiNinja
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_ 		27. June 2009 @ 18:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Did you try to format using NTFS? Windows may have problem with big FAT32 partitions. If you want to format FAT32, search for a free utility named "fat32format.exe"
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gwynne
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_ 		27. June 2009 @ 20:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ended up resolving using OSX disc utility.
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