Forum Home
Press F1
 
Thread ID: 126239 2012-08-15 11:43:00 Formating 160gb HDD WayneMiddy (14028) Press F1
Post ID Timestamp Content User
1294973 2012-08-15 11:43:00 Hi all any tips on formating a spare 160gb HDD have tried under win7 seem to be stuck at 80& complete. Using NTFS file allocation size set to default.
It just a spare i was going to use as a backup drive TIA Wayne
WayneMiddy (14028)
1294974 2012-08-15 20:24:00 Stalling is a sign of problems, try running a full scandisk check on it.
You could delete the partition in disk manager and repartition it into halves then format each - if one works and the other doesn't then there's likely a physical defect on the drive and at that size it's probably not worth keeping.
dugimodo (138)
1294975 2012-08-15 21:21:00 Thanks most likey more trouble than it worth, think i will biff it out. WayneMiddy (14028)
1