Can I delete partition without getting into windows?

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Desmondnjw

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I have a Sony vaio. My hard disk have a smart hard disk failure and So I try to reformat it and it stuck half way. So now I can't get I to windows. Is there any ways to delete partition without going into windows?
 
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There are many ways to reformat a hard drive without starting Windows, but I doubt any of them will help you. If you've got SMART failures, then your hard drive has detected that it is failing. Your best bet is to purchase a new hard drive. If that isn't an option, I would suggest downloading the HDD diagnostic tool from the hard drive manufacturer's website. Use that tool to do a full scan of the drive and it might be able to re-map any corrupt sectors.

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There are many ways to reformat a hard drive without starting Windows, but I doubt any of them will help you. If you've got SMART failures, then your hard drive has detected that it is failing. Your best bet is to purchase a new hard drive. If that isn't an option, I would suggest downloading the HDD diagnostic tool from the hard drive manufacturer's website. Use that tool to do a full scan of the drive and it might be able to re-map any corrupt sectors.

--Russel
 
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But I can't get into windows now. How can I download it. And is there anyway to create a recovery disk??
 
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Do you know what brand of hard drive you have? All the manufacturers have utilities that can create a bootable CD or USB drive to scan your hard drive. If you can give me the brand and model of hard drive, I can get you a link to the appropriate download. You'll obviously need to use another computer to create the CD/USB/Floppy, but it should work on your computer.

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Toshiba MK5059GXSP. Anyway can I ask. I try reformat but it always stuck at dism.exe do you know why? I using the vaio care recovery to reformat it. But is always stuck. Pls help.
 
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I can't say for sure what is happening with your drive. Is the Vaio care recovery tool on the hard drive or on a DVD? It sounds like your hard drive has a seek problem or media problem, so it is trying to either read, write, or seek to a specific location (where DISM.EXE is located) but the drive doesn't respond. For what it's worth, DISM is the Microsoft tool for creating or applying an image to a hard drive.

Here is a link to the Toshiba utility for checking your hard drive:
http://storage.toshiba.com/techdocs/fjdt_700.zip

I suspect it won't be able to resolve your issue. You will probably need to purchase a new hard drive, and if your Vaio Care recovery tool is on the hard drive, you may need to contact Sony to get a set of DVDs to reload your computer (assuming you don't already have one.)

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Desmondnjw

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The recovery tool is in the laptop itself. If change a hard drive, do you have any reccomandation of which drive is better? And can you teach me how to compare which hard disk is more worth??
Thank you so much.
 
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I´m trying to find a solution to the same problem.
I will read all your replys.
Thanks!

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Hi you found any solution?
 
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reinadeoz

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No, not yet. I keep looking.
 
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