No I used the Windows 7 USB DVD software to burn the iso to the drive, the problem was that after that the drive didn’t recognise at all - that is when I tried to format it to get it back to a functional drive.
However, I have managed to recover the drive - I used a mac to format it - curiously enough the mac had no difficulty in seeing all the files on the drive either!
So for others with similar problems one possible solution may be to try using an apple mac to format the drive. After formatting with the mac the drive worked perfectly again
BUT
I’m now doing the stupid thing - I’m going to retry!
The windows 7 USB software currently reads at 50% files copied!
Will I report success or failure within the next 15 mins remains to be seen!
