Re: Attempts to format G: hard drive partition fail
- From: <rsl18@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:49:34 -0800
I previously downloaded the Disk Wizard. The PDF manual is 56 pages long. I
scanned through it, and did not see any utility functionality to force
reformatting of the disk situation that I have.
Can you direct my attention to any part of the manual that addresses my
situation?
"Alias" <alias@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:fid8js$l9c$1@xxxxxxxxxxx
rsl18@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Device Manager indicates that the 60GB HD is a Maxtor 96147H6. I went to
the Seagate website, and searched on "reformat" but the only thing I
found so far was a reference/redirection to a Windows KB article on how
to use Disk Management.
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=DiscWizard&vgnextoid=d9fd4a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
Alias
Because Disk Management utterly fails to format the
logical G: drive, I need another approach.
Today, I used Disk Management to delete the partition/logical drive G:.
Then I deleted the F: partition also. Then I asked for F: to be
reformatted, actually expecting to be able to achieve a reformat of the
entire 60GB HD. Instead, Disk Management indicates that F: is only about
30 GB in size; as was the former partition.
What should I try next?
"Alias" <alias@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ficitm$itp$1@xxxxxxxxxxx
rsl18@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
We bought a new 320 GB internal drive and installed WinXP Pro on it. ARight click on My Computer, choose Manage :-)
previous user of a 60 GB hard drive seems to have partitioned it into
two partitions of approx. 30 GB each. Drive letters are F and G. We
reformatted Logical drive F: NTFS without a problem. All attempts to
format G: fail. It is not possible to open G:. What we want to do is
reformat the entire 60GB physical drive, as a single partition.
I have lost my notes on the navigation path to get to "Disk
Management" but when I got there, F: was identified as NTFS and
"healthy" but G had no File System type shown, although it was also
called "healthy."
Please remind me of how to navigate to the Disk Management utility.
Getting there will not enable me to format G, as my attempts have
failed completely, but I want to know for future maintenance.
Please tell me how I can force the operating system to delete bothI would use a floppy from the hard disk manufacturer but Seagate/Maxtor
partitions and reformat the entire 60GB.
isn't offering floppies any more. What brand name is your hard drive? If
Seagate or Maxtor, go to the Seagate web site and download their CD
which can wipe the HD clean and then partition and format it. Warning:
it can take awhile for the process to complete if you use the CD. Be
patient.
Alias
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