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Slave drive format problem (Read 130 times)

May 29^th, 2005 at 3:24am

ozzy72 Offline
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Well I've got my PC more or less working, but my slave drive won't format. It has set itself to file type RAW and I can't convert her to NTFS. Any ideas as format fails from DOS and XP format....

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Reply #1 - May 29^th, 2005 at 3:32am

Fozzer Offline
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Mornin Oz...!

You've tried the usual in DOS...(from boot floppy disk)...?
a:\ format (enter)
format d: /u (enter)

Cheers Oz... Grin

...!

Paul.

...assuming "d" is your slave drive.

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Reply #2 - May 29^th, 2005 at 5:08am

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Yup! Didn't work. I've just used a low-level format program from the HD makers website and it seems to have worked Wink

Now all I've got to do is reinstall everything. No flying for me today Sad

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Reply #3 - May 29^th, 2005 at 7:27pm

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After a low-level format from the HDD utility CD, try to format again through windows (administrative tools/computer management/storage) with a full format. The low-level format is really just to prepare the drive so windows can recognize it, not so good for storing data.

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Reply #4 - Jun 1^st, 2005 at 11:59am

Ivan Offline
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lowlevel wipes the drive with zeros.
wihtout fdisk there is no life in it as far as windows is concerned.

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