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Kallb123   07-29-2008 at 04:01:07 PM

I am formatting 320GB 7600RPM Western Digital and it has been at 1% for over 50 minutes. Is this normal, will it jump up quickly soon or will take 1 hour for each percent? If this isnt supposed to happen and its hung then how can I stop it to restart it without causing any problems. The drive is brand new like everything else in the PC.

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evongugg   07-29-2008 at 04:09:38 PM
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No it should advance much faster.
Reboot, delete the partition and try again.
If there was a foreign partition, use the manufacturer's partitioning tools to delete the partition.
Run manufacturer hard drive diagnostics on that drive if you still have problems.

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Shadowthor   07-29-2008 at 04:23:38 PM
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did you format the drive the slow way? or quick format? If it is quick format, it shouldn't take this long.


Message edited by Shadowthor on 07-29-2008 at 04:24:19 PM
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Kallb123   07-29-2008 at 04:28:02 PM
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It was the slow was but 1 hour for 1% is a bit too much

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Kallb123   07-29-2008 at 08:41:52 PM
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Fixed it by restarting and then running a quick format.

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