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| Thread ID: 126239 | 2012-08-15 11:43:00 | Formating 160gb HDD | WayneMiddy (14028) | Press F1 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 1294975 | 2012-08-15 21:21:00 | Thanks most likey more trouble than it worth, think i will biff it out. | WayneMiddy (14028) | ||
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