Sorry, I'm still new at this, and OK, this may be a bit off topic, but maybe not since my external HDD is connected to my Dell Latitude D830.........

 

I have a 160 GB Western Digital Passport USB powered external harddrive.

There are apparently a couple corrupted files on the drive that I cannot access or delete (actually I can't even see them).

 

I was wondering if I can simply do a "format" on this drive to clean them off?

The drive came with a "autorun" folder and a "System Volume Information" folder on it. I could save them off somewhere else and restore them after the format is complete if they are needed.  All my other data is already moved off safely.

Thanks!
-Scott