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10-07-2006, 09:22 AM
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hard drive problem
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i,m trying to format a hard drive and i keep getting. no space to create a dos partition on opts 1.... when i try to format the drive i,m then told....format not supported on drive c ...format terminated any one help me out.i,m not bothered about the files on the drive i just want to format it drumsmoker |
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10-07-2006, 09:44 AM
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We need specs.
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Asus M4A77D, 64 X2 6000+, 4 GB Corsair DDR2 800 ram, Radeon 5770. |
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10-07-2006, 10:04 AM
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Are you trying to format from within Windows?
What operating system are you using and trying to reinstall? Do you have a boot disk?  Cricket
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10-07-2006, 11:01 AM
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hi all
ok specs are......k7n2 delta m/board...hitachi deskstar hdd 120g..ddr 1.5gig..cpuathlon 1800+ xp pro sorry this thing is getting to me drumsmoker |
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10-07-2006, 11:05 AM
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OK.
Your cd-rom goes first in the boot order, go into the bios for that, then you reinstall. That means you remove partitons, redo them and redo file choice, NTFS please, and then format the partition. |
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10-07-2006, 11:08 AM
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What Pam is saying is you use the XP CD to do the partitioning and formatting, not some other utility. You boot with the XP CD.
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10-07-2006, 11:14 AM
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ok i have tried all optians on the fdisk....
and nothing with let me in to the hdd....i know the drive works... i just cant get in to it to do anything to it apart from a hammer....help! |
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10-07-2006, 11:51 AM
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fdsk?
The XP cd can do it all on its' own, if you're using a boot floppy, lose it. If you used some 3rd party utility when you set up the hard drive then go here : http://www.killdisk.com/ Load and run the utility ( floppy or bootable cd ,your choice) and zero out the drive then boot from the XP cd. |
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10-07-2006, 02:06 PM
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ok i think i have not explained whats going on here clearly..
about this drive i cant get it to do anything other than show its self on the boot up it is there i see it......... other than that i cant get in to it...as i said .it does work but for some reason it will not do any thing else i read what it says about killdisc...and what you said about the xp disc....this drive has a mind of its own and does not let anything near it |
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10-07-2006, 02:30 PM
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Download the diagnostics from the hard drive manufacturer and run them. They will run from a boot floppy or boot CD.
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10-07-2006, 03:01 PM
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anyone want a 120gig hdd .i have had it with this thing.....
i have changed this that and the other in the bios and i still cant get in to it.......and i cant get killdisk to boot from dos as they say it should think i,ll take up knitting....less strain than pc,s |
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10-07-2006, 07:39 PM
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If you made a bootable disk and put the floppy drive first in the boot order in the bios it should boot from it. |
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10-08-2006, 05:40 AM
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yep made a floppy.........tried to boot form dos...and nothing only thing i got was..replace with other media.........
think i,m havein a bad weekend..now on my main pc....i,m getting the sound of(when you do something wrong....you get that donk sound).........checked to see whats run but cant find anything........... 
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10-08-2006, 12:16 PM
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Hold it please.
What you're telling me is that you just put in the floppy disk copied the program to it and then tried to boot from the prompt skipping all the other steps. You format and make the floppy bootable, you copy the program to it. Eject floppy disk. Put the floppy drive first in the boot order. Insert the now bootable floppy and exit from the bios. Run the diagnostic. If the drive won't work under those circumstances then you have a problem with the drive. |
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10-08-2006, 12:35 PM
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The diagnostic you need is Hitachi Drive Fitness test. You download it, then you run it with a blank floppy in the drive - it will MAKE a bootable floppy. Then boot with it.
Download Windows diskette creator (2,127 KB) - creates DOS bootable diskette http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/suppor...2_v408_b00.EXE |
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