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hard drive format/install woes!

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Cell

Discussion Starter · Mar 30, 2004

my dad recently acquired a virus or something on his computer that caused most of his data to become corrupt. i thought maybe a simple format and install would help solve the problem but i cant get the drive formatted. i took the old hard drive and hooked it into my computer and my computer wouldnt even boot for some reason. basically what i need to know is if there is a way i can format and reinstall. i tried to format it and at the last second it said the format could not be completed. anyone have any suggestions?

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mobo

· #7 · Mar 30, 2004

I would download the tool aplicable for your brand of hard drive http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/be_hdd2.html and run a diagnostic test on the drive first..If it has been havng probems copying files to it then there may be a problem on the drive itself..

You could start from scratch and do a low level format which would take out the partition and write zeroes to the drive thus restoring it to factory condition unless the drive itself is failing.

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