Re: Attempts to format G: hard drive partition fail

The printed label on the HD tells us that it is a Maxtor 96147H6, and so
does Device Manager. But nothing in the JPG referenced below (which I
printed) tells me that it is one of the four kinds of drives whose jumper
settings are illustrated. I did not find the words "Diamond Max"on the
paper label. But I did leap to the presumption that the jumper setting
closest to the power plug perhaps implied CLJ. I set the jumper in the
position second from the left, on the presumption that it was for "cable
select."

I just a little time ago went back into Disk Management, and drive F: is
indicated to be 57.25 GB, not the approx 30GB it was previously. This makes
me think that the jumper setting made a difference. I have started FORMAT
and at this time it is at 70%. However, I observed that the formatting
process did not finish successfully with the previous jumpering, with no
messages until it eventually failed. So I will stay up until it either
reaches 100% or fails again. And I will report back to the forum.
"LVTravel" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Limit drive capacity/Capacity Limitation Jumper (CLJ)?

http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/images/support/en/us/mxo_ata_jumpers_rev.jpg

Make sure that the Capacity Limitation Jumper is not set by going to the
web site above and checking your jumpers for your drive. There should be
NOT be any jumper set on the drive between the top and bottom pins to use
this drive as a 60 GB Slave drive.

Let us know if this solves your issue.


<rsl18@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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. 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
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rsl18@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
We bought a new 320 GB internal drive and installed WinXP Pro on it. A
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.

Right click on My Computer, choose Manage :-)

Please tell me how I can force the operating system to delete both
partitions and reformat the entire 60GB.

I would use a floppy from the hard disk manufacturer but Seagate/Maxtor
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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