Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command

Brink

Yes I have another computer. Could you provide me the guide to format within Window.

Thank you

If I may?

It's actually unnecessary to specify a partition size with the create partition primary command if your intention is simply to create a single partition spanning the entire disk. The above command will do this on its own if you simply leave the "size=X" option out.

Also, cmlow - were you the person who said it was taking 10 hours to clean all a 160GB harddisk? I'm really concerned because a disk of that size should finish cleaning much sooner. I'd expect at most 3-4 hours - something is wrong if it actually takes 10 or more.

I just wanted to point this out for Brink to comment further on. (Personally I wonder if the HD is running in DMA mode as it should.)

Hi Corazon

Thank you for sharing invaluable experience. I done Clean All for more than 10 hours but then interrupted the process half way. Likewise I also done Format (not quick) and it progressed so slow at the speed of 2% per hour. It is unbelievable.

What is opinion and how to solve my problem?

I appreciated if you could provide some guide in my situation.

Thank you

Disaster. I connected the HDD to another computer just thinking to perform DiskManagement as you suggested. Now my another computer's Window is failed to start. It appeards that the file: Boot\BCD is missing.

That is too bad. I got to borrow from someone Window Installation disc to repair it.

Yes. The computer is working fine all along.

Here is what I had done to the other HDD:
- Set the jumper to Master, the BIOS shows total HDD size has increased by such, but can't boots up the system

Then I changed the jumper to Cable Select, the Window did System Repair and then finally came to "Window is failed to start. file: Boot\BCD is missing".

Is it the HDD dead. But in List Volume, it shows Healthy. That is weird, right? What is the reason?

Excellent tutorial Brink, I will try this and let you know how it went for me.

Thank you.


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