this will only work on a windows computer but go to and click on start then on run (you must be loged in as admin to do this) and type " diskmgmt.msc " then try reformated it from that and that should do the trick. if that dose't work then go and find the firmware and install it on it.
Bradley Hillis aka Code Named ViRuS
Bradley Hillis aka Code Named ViRuS, May 2008