I've got the same problem, but I've got a second 20GB MAxtor HD that is completely free for me to initialize, so I select [ignore] and then I get the warning hdf is unreadable, to create a new partition it must be initialized [Yes] go ahead initialize it (I choose) but another error happens:
-----Exception Error
An unhandled exception has occured bla bla bla.......
So I posted a thread for this one which will probably fix your prolem to, if anyone will answer it?????
:smash:
-Rick
rrose