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| Thread ID: 145439 | 2017-11-03 20:02:00 | Desktop Windows Explorer chooses to go repeatedly to Recovery | Misty (368) | Press F1 |
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| 1441516 | 2017-11-03 20:02:00 | I have an external drive made up of a case and an old drive from my desktop. It was playing up so I did a full format. I have also carried out a chkdsk which identifies that there are no bad blocks. However, every time I start to do a backup onto this drive (USB 2), the Recovery drive becomes highlighted, after a short while. Carrying out the backup stops. Wonder if Recovery thinks that the drive should contain an operating system, as there was one on it - a long time ago? I am clutching at straws here and am very open to suggestions as to how I can fix. |
Misty (368) | ||
| 1441517 | 2017-11-03 21:21:00 | Formatting a drive doesn't remove all partitions ( if it had a couple) Have a look in the disk management to see if there are other partitions or download and install a partition manager, something like this www.disk-partition.com you can wipe all partitions and recreate a single partition. You can also run crystal Disk Info (portable) portableapps.com that will tell you the state of the drive. chkdsk doesn't always give an accurate result. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1441518 | 2017-11-04 04:32:00 | Hi wainuitech - as always I do value your suggestions and fixes. Re AOMEI Partition Assistant, I started to download it and got this message from Ublock ......"has prevented the webpage from downloading" because of "the following filter" download.cnet.com^$document. So I went to "Temporarily" Disable, then got a further blocking message! It seems to me that Ublock are getting carried away and hyper-security fixated?? I have had a look though on Disk Management and there are four partitions on this 1 Gig drive?!! So I need to consolidate. When you mentioned partitions I did think back, yes there are two as I recall ........but four !!! | Misty (368) | ||
| 1441519 | 2017-11-04 05:26:00 | Always get software from the manufactures - Here's the page -- scroll down and select the Free version www.disk-partition.com OR a direct download link ( same place) www.aomeisoftware.com To clean out the old drive, with the software installed, open the software, right click on the drives partitions you want to clean ( GET THE CORRECT DRIVE) Delete partition - do all the partitions on the drive till all gone - apply. Then once finished, right click the blank HDD, Create partition - it will automatically format it as well. Make sure you get the correct drive (cant say it enough) as its a real Awhh F**** when you wipe the wrong drive esp when booting from the CD you can create -- Been there done that.:crying |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1441520 | 2017-11-05 20:22:00 | or to wipe the drive cmd : run as administrator (command prompt) diskpart list disk select disk X (whatever number that disk is) clean exit |
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