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re: Problems Formatting Hard Drive
Monday, June 18, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by dhm
(966 messages posted)
If it's Western Digital use their free DLG (Data Lifeguard) programs which may work
on other brands as well. I've never worked thru the frustrations of FDISK successfully
either. DLG is easy to understand and just plain works. It is not a sophisticated
tool so it cannot repartition without erasing the data. I've never heard of any
freeware that does. Check out all the Drive Utilities:
Disclaimer: I have no connection to Major Geeks. It's just such a great bazaar.
To prove I don't work for them here is a warning: Downloads have to happen in one
session. If you pause a download, you cannot resume.
And Data Lifeguard is hyperbolic hype. It's just a partioning and formatting utility
tossed in for their customers who just bought a new drive. It has no protective
features.
On Monday, June 18, 2007 at 7:41 am, Anthony wrote:
>Yesturday I formatted my hard drive on my computer because I wanted to reinstall
>the OS. I then decided to created an extended partition so I went into FDisk and
>deleted the old partition and created a new Primary and Extended partition. I then
>rebooted the computer using my boot disk and went to format the new partitions but
>the partitions are not being formatted or its formatting the drive very slow. The
>progress % kept sitting at 0. I thought about letting it go for a few hours but
>that only got the drive 6% formatted. Any ideas on what I can try?
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