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hard drive wont format

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by triiifashions, May 12, 2007.

  1. triiifashions Newcomer, in training Posts: 176

    i am trying to reformat a hard drive that waS FULL of malware but it keeps stalling out at 20%???!

    dang it

    sorry

    i am not sure why

    any suggestions or is it just messed up???


    thanks
    triiifashions, May 12, 2007
    #1

  2. raybay TechSpot Evangelist Posts: 10,720   +6

    Could be a bad hard drive.
    Do you have a floppy drive on that computer, and access to a Windows 98 floppy boot/startup disc?
    If so, remove and reinstall the partitions... remember that the FAT32 floppy will not recognise the partition of NTFS, so you select the final option.
    If you cannot do the above, you need to attempt to do a clean format that also restores the partition.
    What is the brand and model of computer? Are you using a recovery disc, a hidden partition, or a full version of Windows XP?
    raybay, May 12, 2007
    #2

  3. triiifashions Newcomer, in training Posts: 176

    it is a dell

    and i am trying to format and put a full windows version
    triiifashions, May 12, 2007
    #3

  4. triiifashions Newcomer, in training Posts: 176

    it will go through the quick format but not the other
    triiifashions, May 12, 2007
    #4

  5. triiifashions Newcomer, in training Posts: 176

    trying a different hd now
    triiifashions, May 12, 2007
    #5
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