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N91 mass storage

3 replies · 4,183 views · Started 26 June 2007

hi just got an N91 and have gone through deleting all the rubbish off it and formatted the hard drive.

it says succesful but when i plug it into mass storage mode my computer, vista, say drive needs formatting when i press ok it says it cant

any ideas

wayne

so the drive was formatted using the phone itself then?
I don't know vista compatibility with the N91 but it could be a driver problem... or hardware, any other problems besides this?

I think Win Vista is 64bit while XP is 32bit. Obviously N91 will not support format feature from 64bit and thats the reason for format failure.

Whether a PC is running 64-bit or 32-bit Windows makes no difference in the file system formatting (they'll format the file system in the same way when you select the same file system format, FAT16 or FAT32 - the phone will not support NTFS).

Anyway, format the drive using the phone (not Windows).