loopux Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 i tried many times to format with "HP format tool" my USB sata disk...i think an usb disk should work the same as pendrive, shouldn't?i tried with the embedded version of HP which is in WinSetupFromUSB, (with the selection "fixed") fat 32...it takes ages and then at the end it gives an error...drive too big...i tried resizing the partition to 6gb with gparted and it's the same...my pendrive is 8gb and it is formatted very quickly,,,,what am i doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilko_t Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Use windows disk manager, or windows explorer. Make sure you set active partition. No need to use HP USB format tool or PEtoUSB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 To be more accurate, a USB hard disk generally behaves EXACTLY as a "normal" hard disk.A pendrive should work the same but it doesn't, thus another utility is needed.External hard disk are generally seen by windows as "fixed", pendrives usually are set as "removable" and thus they need either an utility like PetoUSB or the "HP" one to allow partitioning or, alternatively, a "filter driver" which is capable of making windows "see" a removable device as fixed and thus allowing the use of the normal disk manager.jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nForce4 Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Hi guys ! long time , no seek . i also have a USB SATA HDD (a laptop one) which uses a USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge .. yes , the hdd behaves like a normal disk but i used USB Multiboot to make a bootable disk and it doesn't work . i mean i select at boot the drive and it stays black with the blinking cursor then it boots normaly to the first HDD . what's wrong ? :| the USB controller resets at boot ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilko_t Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 What did you use to format this hard disk? What file system? Did you set active partition?How is it partitioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nForce4 Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 i used Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 to partition the disk in 3 partitions , all of them are NTFS and the first partition where i tried is active . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 The blinking cursor is a sign of a "bad" bootsector, usually a geometry problem.Did you try if the USB hard disk EVER booted?Why can't you use Disk Manager like everyone?In any case, FORGET for the moment about the USB install thingy, simply copy to first active partition NTLDR NTDETECT.COM and a BOOT.INI with at least two entries, and see if you can get to the boot.ini choices.If you cannot, you will need to try repairing the bootsector or try re formatting the drive.jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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