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Name: Lmanovic
Date: August 10, 2006 at 05:26:19 Pacific
OS: WIN XP SP2
CPU/Ram: P4 1.7ghz 512 sdram
Product: Compaq
Comment:

Hi,

A while ago I had this program by maxtor that totally erased my harddrive.

I needed this because I couldn't format my HDD.

I have the same problem again and I've been looking everywhere but I can't find the program anymore.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
Liam



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Response Number 1
Name: mattie
Date: August 10, 2006 at 05:44:33 Pacific
Reply:

use killdisk ... works on any drive

http://www.killdisk.com/downloadfree.htm

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Response Number 2
Name: Lmanovic
Date: August 10, 2006 at 06:23:03 Pacific
Reply:

I cannot get killdisk to work... My PC won't boot in MS-Dos for some reason.


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Response Number 3
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: August 10, 2006 at 07:40:54 Pacific
Reply:

What happens when you try to boot on a DOS floppy or CD?

Maybe more to the point, why can you not format this HD?


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Response Number 4
Name: ham30
Date: August 10, 2006 at 09:37:10 Pacific
Reply:

If installing WinXP, it's not necessary to pre-format the drive. During the install, tell it to repartition the drive.

Do yourself a favor BACKUP!


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Response Number 5
Name: Lmanovic
Date: August 10, 2006 at 11:11:42 Pacific
Reply:

it's my 2nd hdd.. and partition magic says it's "BAD" and therefor I cannot format it.

I can't get my PC to boot in MS-DOS .. the options not there.


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Response Number 6
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: August 10, 2006 at 11:21:25 Pacific
Reply:

You don't need partion magic or DOS.

Go to a prompt and:

format x:


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Response Number 7
Name: Lmanovic
Date: August 10, 2006 at 13:13:50 Pacific
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Mechanix2GO

I cannot do that because windows for some reason reads my 80gb harddisk as a 10gb one but Partition Magic reads it as a full 80gb.


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Response Number 8
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: August 10, 2006 at 13:20:42 Pacific
Reply:

Go into disk management and delete then re-create partition[s].


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Response Number 9
Name: Lmanovic
Date: August 10, 2006 at 13:26:51 Pacific
Reply:

Mechanix2Go

That seems to be doing the trick. I'll post again when it reaches 100%.


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Response Number 10
Name: Wombat
Date: August 10, 2006 at 14:14:57 Pacific
Reply:

The programme from Maxtor you require is here...

MaxBlast 4

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