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jnbean
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_ 		31. March 2008 @ 12:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I will try to format a hard drive in dos... "format c:" and it will be frozen at 0% for hours and nothing will hapen....and when i try to format it in windows as a slave...it will not progress. Whats up?
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_ 		31. March 2008 @ 12:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What happens if you 'quick format' the drive? It may be that it has a bad sector on it or damaged circuitry that prevents it from being able to access certain parts of the drive. If you can't quick format it either, it almost certainly needs replacing.
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jnbean
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_ 		31. March 2008 @ 13:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i quick format it it will just get done REALLY fast not like normal but it wont even show the progress bar and will pop up a box saying sucessfull ???
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ddp
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_ 		31. March 2008 @ 13:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
did you fdisk the drive 1st before trying to format it?
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jnbean
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_ 		31. March 2008 @ 13:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
nope ill try that

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ddp
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_ 		31. March 2008 @ 13:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what windows are you using?
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_ 		31. March 2008 @ 14:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Quick format doesn't often have a progress bar because it's such a quick process.
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