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GrandBandit
By GrandBandit
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So I took out my 750gb HDD from my Macbook Pro, and threw in a 128gb SSD in place of it. I put that 750gb HDD originally from the Macbook into a Dell desktop I had just laying around. I can't seem to format the drive, I've tried the windows installer (I'm putting Windows 8 on it) I've tried Linux Mint gparted (it just shows unallocated and won't let me format.) Is something wrong with the drive? I recognize it has to be FAT32 but I can't get it there.

13" Macbook Pro i7 (I7-3520M) | 16gb RAM | 128gb Sandisk SSD

↑Current build------------------------------Future build↓ 
Intel Core i7-4790K 3.5GHz Quad-Core | G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 | Asus GTX 970 Strix | Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower | EVGA SuperNOVA 750 | MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 | 128gb Sandisk SSD | Corsair H90 94.0 CFM Liquid

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So I took out my 750gb HDD from my Macbook Pro, and threw in a 128gb SSD in place of it. I put that 750gb HDD originally from the Macbook into a Dell desktop I had just laying around. I can't seem to format the drive, I've tried the windows installer (I'm putting Windows 8 on it) I've tried Linux Mint gparted (it just shows unallocated and won't let me format.) Is something wrong with the drive? I recognize it has to be FAT32 but I can't get it there.

 

With the installer, did you "Delete" all partitions then re-create the partition?

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With the installer, did you "Delete" all partitions then re-create the partition?

Oddly enough, you're right, I don't think I went far enough. The partitions look kind of messy so I'm going to just try and delete them all and start anew. Hopefully the installer will sort it all out!

13" Macbook Pro i7 (I7-3520M) | 16gb RAM | 128gb Sandisk SSD

↑Current build------------------------------Future build↓ 
Intel Core i7-4790K 3.5GHz Quad-Core | G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 | Asus GTX 970 Strix | Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower | EVGA SuperNOVA 750 | MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 | 128gb Sandisk SSD | Corsair H90 94.0 CFM Liquid

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