Dennis -- have you tried using a rescue disk (if you have one) , and has
this helped? If not post a message with greater detail and someone will
probably give you an answer. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 11:58 PM
Subject: [newbie] hda not formatting
> Well, I've really done it now. The hard drive won't format hda1. I get
> to the part where formatting partitions takes place and it seems to hang
> at "formatting hda1". It has been stuck there for 2 hours. I did an
> upgrade and that went ok, except I checked disk optimization and when I
> rebooted after the install it hung at optimizing disks. Now I can't even
> get past the formatting. Anybody need some spare parts? If there is no
> help for this I guess I will try loading the other OS and see if my hard
> drive is trashed. Any help would be appreciated. Dennis
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