Rudster8161 BSOD Messages 6,556 Nov 30, 2007 #22 can partition magic see the rest of the disk space? EDIT: you did restart after installing SP2 didnt you? if not then do so and try to do it again, it should work.
can partition magic see the rest of the disk space? EDIT: you did restart after installing SP2 didnt you? if not then do so and try to do it again, it should work.
OP OP paintballpunk43 Baseband Member Messages 76 Nov 30, 2007 #23 sorry my internet crashed (stupid charter) I'm installing that patch now
OP OP paintballpunk43 Baseband Member Messages 76 Nov 30, 2007 #24 ok I installed the program and rebooted, this is what I get when I pull up Computer management
OP OP paintballpunk43 Baseband Member Messages 76 Nov 30, 2007 #25 whew finally worked formattin as we speak
Rudster8161 BSOD Messages 6,556 Nov 30, 2007 #26 sweet how did you get it to work? its also funny how next to the word "formatting" theres a frown face
sweet how did you get it to work? its also funny how next to the word "formatting" theres a frown face
OP OP paintballpunk43 Baseband Member Messages 76 Nov 30, 2007 #27 wow its taking forever and day to format this drive. Is thi normall or does my system just suck or something?
wow its taking forever and day to format this drive. Is thi normall or does my system just suck or something?
Celegorm Site Team Staff member Messages 11,741 Location USA Nov 30, 2007 #28 paintballpunk43 said: wow its taking forever and day to format this drive. Is thi normall or does my system just suck or something? Click to expand... Assuming you didn't do the "quick format" that is normal. Even on 80GB drives, it takes forever. Quick format is good enough for me.
paintballpunk43 said: wow its taking forever and day to format this drive. Is thi normall or does my system just suck or something? Click to expand... Assuming you didn't do the "quick format" that is normal. Even on 80GB drives, it takes forever. Quick format is good enough for me.
OP OP paintballpunk43 Baseband Member Messages 76 Nov 30, 2007 #29 o yeah, I didn't do the quick format; is there any gains to not doing the quick formatting
Rudster8161 BSOD Messages 6,556 Nov 30, 2007 #30 not when the HDD has never been written on before. when you dont do quick then it will erase everything manually, quick just tells the HDD that you can write over existing data.
not when the HDD has never been written on before. when you dont do quick then it will erase everything manually, quick just tells the HDD that you can write over existing data.