Ever had one of those days?

Stormy · Jul 31, 2003, 07:19 AM

You get an old HDD working again, recover alot of what you thoughtwas long lost, but when you are deleting folders, one folder won't delete, preventing formatting of the drive? I had one of those days. I'm close to FDisking this monster Western Digital 20 gig drive.

krazy1 · Jul 31, 2003, 01:08 PM

Yep...been there.. done that...... Get yourself a copy of Killdisk..... that will fix that problem...... it is a free prog and works awesome.....
KillDisk

BWX · Jul 31, 2003, 01:21 PM

Why not Fdisk it in the firstplace? Just curious...

krazy1 · Jul 31, 2003, 01:45 PM

You can try FDisk.. I have found that at times FDisk just does not seem to get rid of the problem. KillDisk does a lowlevel format of the drive and cleans it up really good. If you buy the one version of KillDisk you can do up to 99 passes on the drive.....(NOTE: 99 passes is not needed and will take you several days). I usually use 1-3 passes depending on the drive... The free version of KillDisk only lets you use 1 pass. You can try to use FDisk and it may fix your problem. I just personally prefer FDisk.

Matth · Jul 31, 2003, 03:23 PM

For Western Digital, the maker's utility should be able to do FULL testing (data destructive) AND mask a few additional bad sectors.

http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp
Data Lifeguard toiols including DataLifeguard diagnostic

If you are going to have any faith in that drive, you need to give it a thorough test - though that CAN turn over a bad drive ... ensure it has acceptable cooling while testing, as it is going to be run hard.

I don't mean fans blasting on it, but just not over-obstructed.

Stormy · Jul 31, 2003, 06:51 PM

Well guys, a simple utility called Partition Magic fixed up this beast, and now I'm using the 8mb it wouldn't use before on the drive also! The drive works great now.

Jul 31, 2003, 07:19 AM	#1
Stormy DH Mafia Don Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: DH Mafia Manor Posts: 296 Rep Power: 0	Ever had one of those days? You get an old HDD working again, recover alot of what you thoughtwas long lost, but when you are deleting folders, one folder won't delete, preventing formatting of the drive? I had one of those days. I'm close to FDisking this monster Western Digital 20 gig drive. __________________ AMD Barton 2500+ Gigabyte 7NNXP ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV 64mB w/ Catalyst 4.10 Windows XP Home Service Pack 2 Onboard Nvidia Audio Toshiba 16x DVD-ROM 32x10x40x CD-RW Drive 2x 512mb DDR Sticks

Jul 31, 2003, 01:08 PM	#2
krazy1 Live from the Dungeon Join Date: May 2003 Location: Between the SubWoofers Posts: 1,395 Rep Power: 0	Yep...been there.. done that...... Get yourself a copy of Killdisk..... that will fix that problem...... it is a free prog and works awesome..... KillDisk __________________

Jul 31, 2003, 01:21 PM	#3
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Why not Fdisk it in the firstplace? Just curious... __________________

Jul 31, 2003, 01:45 PM	#4
krazy1 Live from the Dungeon Join Date: May 2003 Location: Between the SubWoofers Posts: 1,395 Rep Power: 0	You can try FDisk.. I have found that at times FDisk just does not seem to get rid of the problem. KillDisk does a lowlevel format of the drive and cleans it up really good. If you buy the one version of KillDisk you can do up to 99 passes on the drive.....(NOTE: 99 passes is not needed and will take you several days). I usually use 1-3 passes depending on the drive... The free version of KillDisk only lets you use 1 pass. You can try to use FDisk and it may fix your problem. I just personally prefer FDisk. __________________

Jul 31, 2003, 06:51 PM	Thread Starter #6
Stormy DH Mafia Don Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: DH Mafia Manor Posts: 296 Rep Power: 0	Well guys, a simple utility called Partition Magic fixed up this beast, and now I'm using the 8mb it wouldn't use before on the drive also! The drive works great now. __________________ AMD Barton 2500+ Gigabyte 7NNXP ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV 64mB w/ Catalyst 4.10 Windows XP Home Service Pack 2 Onboard Nvidia Audio Toshiba 16x DVD-ROM 32x10x40x CD-RW Drive 2x 512mb DDR Sticks

Jul 31, 2003, 03:23 PM	#5
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	For Western Digital, the maker's utility should be able to do FULL testing (data destructive) AND mask a few additional bad sectors. http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp Data Lifeguard toiols including DataLifeguard diagnostic If you are going to have any faith in that drive, you need to give it a thorough test - though that CAN turn over a bad drive ... ensure it has acceptable cooling while testing, as it is going to be run hard. I don't mean fans blasting on it, but just not over-obstructed.