bonestonne Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 the topic name basically sums it all up. i tried using Swissknife on it, but swissknife encounters some failure and has to close whenever i try to select the drive, even if just to look at what it can say.i do have partition magic 8, but its given me problems before, so i avoid using it.would it be worth trying to use PM8? i'm running the P4 rig right now, its got an 80GB master with a 40GB slave and also a 100GB slave, but i can't do anything with the 100, and i want to turn it into an external. any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/Run some of those diagnostic programs on it to check for defects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonestonne Posted November 5, 2006 Author Share Posted November 5, 2006 thanks, i'll check that out ASAP.i resorted to PM8 for now, the drive already failed to partition 3 times...there was an error on the partition table around 63%, said it would repair on reboot, so i've got it trying again in the hopes im forcing it. i managed to get it to format in FAT32 i think a couple weeks ago, but then my computer didn't recognize it when i rebooted...not sure what to really say about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen2 Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Try to low format your drive with the hard drive manufacturer utility. This might solve your problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonestonne Posted November 5, 2006 Author Share Posted November 5, 2006 im not the original owner, so i can't give you too much about it.the computer it came in was an eMachine with 48xCD-RW and a DVD drive, AMD2200+ and ATi Radeon 9200. thats about as much as i went into on that computer when i fixed it for my friend. i ended up swapping his WD100GB for a Maxtor 40GB [sounds mean but that maxtor is running well for what it is]. anyway, i have partition magic 8 and swissknife to use on it. earlier when i first booted my machine, it said that there was a SMART error with the drive and that it should be backed up and replaced. when i first put the drive in and booted it didn't give me that error, but in my computer it was only recognized as a drive, it couldn't give me a size for it.low format, how could i do that another way? i've never used Fdisk before, so if possible avoid that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/Run some of those diagnostic programs on it to check for defects.Need I repeat myself again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonestonne Posted November 7, 2006 Author Share Posted November 7, 2006 i gotcha LLXX, its my dads vacation so i can't do much messing with my other computer right now, he doesn't like the fact that i have it, its better than what he got me and the whole thing was free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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