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| Thread ID: 35567 | 2003-07-16 01:37:00 | Is this hard drive failing? | Bambi (1486) | Press F1 |
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| 160192 | 2003-07-16 01:37:00 | Have a WD with a whopping 853MB storage capability. I have tried formatting it. But the trouble is, by the time it reaches 20% almost an hour and a half has passed by and the formatting process is slowing. Have tried "KillDisk", same thing. Scandisk takes a month of sundays aswell (at least) Thought about a low level format but dont think it would make any difference. Is this hard drive up for a demotion to a door stop? PS. This is from a 6 year olds computer so no major deal! |
Bambi (1486) | ||
| 160193 | 2003-07-16 01:51:00 | Sounds like it is on its way out. You download the Western Digital HD utility program to run a full check on the drive but I think it is dying. | Odin (227) | ||
| 160194 | 2003-07-16 02:07:00 | I had the same problem with a western digital drive. I recommend formatting it with partiction magic boot disks! They helped alot, then deleting the partition using fdisk then creating a new partion with fdisk, then type format C: /where C: is your problem drive at the command prompt. >>From the 13 year old, Michael Murphy. |
MichaelMur (4222) | ||
| 160195 | 2003-07-16 03:11:00 | A "low-level" format on an IDE drive doesn't do anything very thorough --- it just rewrites the headers and trailers on the sectors . Did a scandisk complain about bad areas? Format shouldn't take all that long . . . try one of the many dist "test" programmes around . IBM give one away called a 'drive fitness test" . WD do . Seagate do . . . . There are lots more around . . . Nortons? |
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