reformat my sconde harddrive

[edlove]

i have winxp with a 30gb and all so have a 40gb but the 40gb have nothing but music and pic's . i just want 2 wipe it out clean nothing on there and (don't )want to use it for the first harddrive , 40gb will just be my other things i like to but there , i dont know if it's reading when i turn on my pc but lets just say that i want it 2 read my 30gb harddrive nothing eles . any help be greatfull ty have a wounderful day

[Raptor]

What is it exactly that you want to do? Can you be more specific?

[Mac]

Right-click the second drive icon and choose - format.

[edlove]

i really want nothing on the seconde hard drive so i have a clean drive and put other thing's but not windows xp programs that i download from websights and from my kodak camra and music cd's i have . when i boot up i just want 2 read the first harddrive not the seconde h/drive. ty

[merlin_2]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308424&sd=tech

[Raptor]

Why not do as Mac tells you?

[edlove]

but how will i know its not reading my second harddrive when i boot up my windows xp ?

[Raptor]

It will still be detected by Windows if you reformat it. You can also write files to it after reformatting.

[edlove]

i do what (mac) say's ..... but its tellin me this >>> (windows cannot format this drive . quit any disk utilities or other programs that are using this drive , and make sure that no windows is displaying the contents of the drive . then try formatting again.) i do have spy sweeper but i turn it off and try again and still get the same thing as on top as u read ...    
 

[glb]ty u have a wounderfull day[/glb]

[Raptor]

Do it from safe mode.