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| 03 Feb 2012 | #1 |
| | 2TB Hard Drive Format Time? I got a Western Digital 2TB Green Hard Drive and for some reason I can't seem to format it properly. I used Windows Disk Management and Partition Wizard and on one it takes a long time to format and on Partition Wizard, it stops at 90% complete and then just hangs there. Is this a bad drive or what should I do to format it? This is on Windows 7 Professional x64. |
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| 03 Feb 2012 | #2 |
| | You have 2 format options - 1. Quick Format which is very short because it writes only the control records 2. Full format which is long (and for a 2TB disk VERY long) because it writes the blocks on the disk What you encounter may indicate a hardware problem, e.g. a defective sector. I suggest you run chkdsk /r in elevated cmd. |
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| 03 Feb 2012 | #3 |
| | Yeah I was thinking it might be a defective sector. Well, it seems to have finished formatting and it appears to be working properly, but I get a notification from Windows that there is a problem with the hardware. I'm going to do the check right now to see if there is anything wrong with the disk. |
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