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hdd help
Name: n00blike Date: September 19, 2006 at 18:08:49 Pacific OS: win xp CPU/Ram: 2.0 1.25gb
Comment:
hey i got my 500bg hdd and it doesnt seem to want to format.
It is a sata drive that i have hooked up with a sata to ide converter. I creat a 465.76gb partition and format it with NTFS but it always gives me a failed format error at end of the formating process. What is going on?
i have tried it on a computer with a controller and on with out and gives me the same error.
Name: don2006 Date: September 19, 2006 at 19:41:37 Pacific
Reply:
Are you using an XP install CD to boot and format the drive? If so, try fdisk. Delete the partition and create a primary DOS partition. Then run the install again and try to format the drive.
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Response Number 2
Name: ham30 Date: September 19, 2006 at 19:46:59 Pacific
Reply:
Try a smaller partition, like 125gb. To make sure it's not the 137gb barrier that's causing a problem.
Do yourself a favor BACKUP!
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Response Number 3
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: September 19, 2006 at 21:00:25 Pacific
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Don't you need SP2 to setup drives that large?
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Response Number 4
Name: dosser Date: September 19, 2006 at 23:05:38 Pacific
Name: Kurt S Date: September 20, 2006 at 08:11:12 Pacific
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Don't use Fdisk to create a DOS partition. A FAT32 partition on a drive that size is going to create huge cluster sizes and waste vast amounts of drive space. Stick with NTFS.
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Response Number 6
Name: don2006 Date: September 20, 2006 at 18:01:19 Pacific
Reply:
What's wrong with creating a DOS partition and letting the install format it to NTFS? It's worked for me every time.
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