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08-23-2006, 11:20 PM
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q's about setting up external hdd
i have a seagate 400gb hdd, and a apricorn ez bus dt external enclosure. am i supposed to set hdd to master? i believe i already have a master hdd in my computer though. then again, i have no idea. thanks!
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08-24-2006, 12:09 AM
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Master or cable select, doesn't matter.
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08-24-2006, 12:54 AM
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thanks glc, but why doesn't it matter? also, is this all i really need to do to get the drive working after i format it? thanks!
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08-24-2006, 01:44 AM
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It doesnt matter because that's only a single connector in the housing. You can format it in the housing.
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08-25-2006, 01:24 AM
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so why when i try to format this 400gb hdd with file system NTFS it doesn't go through the long formatting process? after i go through all the options of picking my allocation size, file system i thought it was supposed to begin formatting, but doesnt. looks like the drive is fine though. it is showing up as the F: drive on my computer with 370gb of free space. so where is the other 30gb? it says only 70mb has been used
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08-25-2006, 03:16 AM
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A 400gb drive will show as about 370, that's normal.
http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=118330 You probably did a quick format, that only takes a few seconds. |
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08-25-2006, 05:24 PM
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yeah i did a quick format. the manuel for the hdd, said to choose this. so what is the dif. between a quick format and regular format? thanks glc!
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08-25-2006, 05:34 PM
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Quick format simply initializes the drive, full format checks for bad sectors.
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08-26-2006, 12:14 AM
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so do you think i should do a full format to check for those bad sectors? also, why are hdd drives advertised at 400gb but 30gb are taken away to begin with? thanks!
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08-26-2006, 01:16 AM
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If the drive is performing well, no need.
Read my link. |
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