Sata ii cable

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Last response: August 4, 2010 7:39 PM in Storage

Anonymous

August 4, 2010 5:00:40 PM

my new Hitachi 2TB HDD won't format on my W7 64bit machine. Quick format fails, slow format hangs.
Any ideas?

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sminlal

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August 4, 2010 7:39:22 PM

Try swapping cables and using a different SATA port to rule out cable or port problems.

Use a program like "DiskCheckup" to check the SMART data for the drive to see if any errors are being reported.

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