1. Go to Start – Run (Win + R) – diskpart

2. Type in:
list disk
It will display list of all disks connected to system. Locate the WD 1TB disk by size.

3. Type in:
select disk X
where X is the number of the WD 1TB disk you obtained in (2).

4. Type in:
clean

5. Type in:
create partition primary

6. Type in:
format

7. Type in:
assign

Disk should then be ready to use with Windows.
Note that operations above will remove all data from the disk.

1. Go to Start – Run (Win + R) – diskpart

2. Type in:
list disk
It will display list of all disks connected to system. Locate the WD 1TB disk by size.

3. Type in:
select disk X
where X is the number of the WD 1TB disk you obtained in (2).

4. Type in:
clean

5. Type in:
create partition primary

6. Type in:
format

7. Type in:
assign

Disk should then be ready to use with Windows.
Note that operations above will remove all data from the disk.

I replaced my MacBook Pro with HP Pavilion dv7. I want to use on the HP, the external WD backup, 1 terabyte external drive used for “Time Zone.” My HP laptop see the drive as:

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model WD 10EACS External USB Device
Bytes/Sector 512
Media Loaded Yes
Media Type Removable media
Partitions 2
SCSI Bus Not Available
SCSI Logical Unit Not Available
SCSI Port Not Available
SCSI Target ID Not Available
Sectors/Track 63
Size 931.51 GB (1,000,202,273,280 bytes)
Total Cylinders 121,601
Total Sectors 1,953,520,065
Total Tracks 31,008,255
Tracks/Cylinder 255
Partition Disk #2, Partition #0
Partition Size 200.00 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 20,480 bytes
Partition Disk #2, Partition #1
Partition Size 931.19 GB (999,860,912,128 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 209,735,680 bytes

The HP names it Drive G and will not address it. HP believes it to have removable media. I’m running:

windir %SystemRoot%
USERNAME SYSTEM
TRACE_FORMAT_SEARCH_PATH \\NTREL202.ntdev.corp.microsoft.com\34FB5F65-FFEB-4B61-BF0E-A6A76C450FAA\TraceFormat
TMP %SystemRoot%\TEMP
TMP %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
TMP %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp Jack-PC\Jack
TEMP %SystemRoot%\TEMP
TEMP %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
TEMP %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp Jack-PC\Jack
QTJAVA C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
PROCESSOR_REVISION 170a
PROCESSOR_LEVEL 6
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER Intel64 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE AMD64
Platform MCD
PCBRAND Pavilion
PATHEXT .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
Path %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\Power2Go;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\
OS Windows_NT
OnlineServices Online Services
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS 2
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK NO
DFSTRACINGON FALSE
ComSpec %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe
CLASSPATH .;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\ext\QTJava.zip

Ideas appreciated