Maxtor 40Gb Hard Drive Will not format?!

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  1. jnbean

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    I will try to format a hard drive in dos... "format c:" and it will be frozen at 0% for hours and nothing will hapen....and when i try to format it in windows as a slave...it will not progress. Whats up?
     
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    What happens if you 'quick format' the drive? It may be that it has a bad sector on it or damaged circuitry that prevents it from being able to access certain parts of the drive. If you can't quick format it either, it almost certainly needs replacing.
     
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    i quick format it it will just get done REALLY fast not like normal but it wont even show the progress bar and will pop up a box saying sucessfull ???
     
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    did you fdisk the drive 1st before trying to format it?
     
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    nope ill try that
     
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    what windows are you using?
     
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    Quick format doesn't often have a progress bar because it's such a quick process.
     
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