Well,.
After some more experimentation, it does seem to be an issue with the
Windows 7 drivers when trying to format DD disks.
I have even installed a Virtual XP Machine, running under Windows 7 - it
does not even include support to read the A drive natively - you have to
make a small change to the configuration file - see
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprovirt/thread/62f8eaf1-23f9-497e-a431-f4a1ad643d38
With that done, QPC2 formats a HD disk without too many problems (albeit
very slowly).
However, put in a DD disk, and you still get the initial spinning of the
disk, followed by a long pause and then final spinning and format failed.
Presumably because the Virtual machine still relies on the Windows 7
drivers to access the disk!
What a shame..
However, what it does not explain is why unplugging the USB drive and
plugging it back in sometimes works...
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