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| Thread ID: 44898 | 2004-05-03 04:05:00 | unable to format Hard drive | arjay (1202) | Press F1 |
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| 233814 | 2004-05-03 04:05:00 | I have an 80gb hard drive which, with the updated fdisk, I managed to partition. I then tried to format the partitions but it failed. After trying other things I deleted the partitions and tried to redo them with fdisk. I now get a failure on the 'Verify disk' which occurs before the partitioning so I can't re-partition it Also nothing happens when I start a format after partitioning, using the XP setup disk. My hard drive is obviously corrupted somehow..What can I do?....Help! Arjay |
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| 233815 | 2004-05-03 04:42:00 | you might want to get a hold of a HDD diagnostic utility, like Norotn Diagnosics that will run in DOS. | Jams (1051) | ||
| 233816 | 2004-05-03 04:54:00 | IBM give away a disk testing progranmme, and one to clear the first few tracks (where the format/partition/FAT/etc stuff lives) so the disk looks like a new one. Look here for zap.exe (service.boulder.ibm.com). | Graham L (2) | ||
| 233817 | 2004-05-03 05:51:00 | Looks like I need something like ZAP.EXE GrahamL, but unfortunately IBM say that they don't have it and I can't find it anywhere else. Any other suggestions would be welcome. Thanks...Arjay |
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| 233818 | 2004-05-03 06:10:00 | have a search for kill disk. it should wipe everything off the disk. then use the manafactures program for testing and setting up the drive. |
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| 233819 | 2004-05-03 06:37:00 | What is the brand of hard drive? Seagate (seatools) here (www.seagate.com) or WesternDigital (diagnostic and lifeguard) here (support.wdc.com) | Pheonix (280) | ||
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