format is not working

[Highor]

Hello,

when i try to format my M: disk than he is saying 0 procent completed, and than its not going to 1 or up.

its saying now 0 procent completed for 15min :S.

if i try it with CMD (format /FS:NTFS M:) he is saying also 0 procent, and is not going futher.

what is the problem with my HD?

thanks

[bullet]

Are you trying to format it through Windows Disk Management or from a command prompt via dos boot disk?

[Highor]

if i try to open the HD he is saying, disk is not formatted do you want to format him?

so i push ok, but than he do nothing, only 0 procent.

also if i try to format via DOS, he is saying 0procent, its not going futher.

[Highor]

[tguy]

Is your M: drive a remapped drive from an application like Citrix or is it a secondary drive?

Do you have Windows 2000 or XP loaded on the PC already so you can make use of the Disk Management feature?

Please expand on your initial post to help us understand these things.

[Highor]

I have tryed with "Disk Managament" to format my disk, but also here he is doing nothing.

He is saying "formatting", and than he is doing nothing

I had a error like your disk is RAW or something

M:/ is an extern Harddrive < with USB2

[jaclaz]

Is it a NEW drive or it has been already used?

I am asking this as sometimes the FORMAT tool under Win2k/XP "finds" some previous formatting, and "keeps" it, if this is invalid, that is the result.

You could have a go at it with MBRFIX and MBRWIZARD, read here:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=30378&hl=

http://www.911cd.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=10956&hl=

jaclaz