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Can low level format but not High Level
I recently bought a used Fujitsu HDD. I was unable to high level format it.
So, I thought I'd try the erase utility from Fujitsu, an it worked fine. When I try to format in DOS it formats a little then states Trying to recover allocation unit. When I try the Win98SE setup format it just stays stuck at 47 or 48 % done. Has this happened to anyone here before ? Thought I'd try a post here before I exchange it for another drive from where I got it from. |
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"Chukyo" wrote in message news I recently bought a used Fujitsu HDD. I was unable to high level format it. So, I thought I'd try the erase utility from Fujitsu, an it worked fine. When I try to format in DOS it formats a little then states Trying to recover allocation unit. When I try the Win98SE setup format it just stays stuck at 47 or 48 % done. Has this happened to anyone here before ? Thought I'd try a post here before I exchange it for another drive from where I got it from. Not worth taking a chance...even if you could recover it... exchange it at once! |
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"Chukyo" astounded us with: news60Ib.158590
: I recently bought a used Fujitsu HDD. I was unable to high level format it. So, I thought I'd try the erase utility from Fujitsu, an it worked fine. When I try to format in DOS it formats a little then states Trying to recover allocation unit. When I try the Win98SE setup format it just stays stuck at 47 or 48 % done. Has this happened to anyone here before ? Thought I'd try a post here before I exchange it for another drive from where I got it from. It's on it's last legs, do you want to entrust your data to it?? -- Gene P |
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 20:27:15 GMT, "Chukyo"
wrote: I recently bought a used Fujitsu HDD. I was unable to high level format it. So, I thought I'd try the erase utility from Fujitsu, an it worked fine. When I try to format in DOS it formats a little then states Trying to recover allocation unit. When I try the Win98SE setup format it just stays stuck at 47 or 48 % done. Has this happened to anyone here before ? Yes, on bad HDDs. I partition around the error, and not use the HDD for critical data (or back up to a reliable disk). Thought I'd try a post here before I exchange it for another drive from where I got it from. If you have that opportunity, take it. |
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Thanks for all your replys, I got a new HDD and it's fine
"Chukyo" wrote in message news I recently bought a used Fujitsu HDD. I was unable to high level format it. So, I thought I'd try the erase utility from Fujitsu, an it worked fine. When I try to format in DOS it formats a little then states Trying to recover allocation unit. When I try the Win98SE setup format it just stays stuck at 47 or 48 % done. Has this happened to anyone here before ? Thought I'd try a post here before I exchange it for another drive from where I got it from. |
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