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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&q
You might try using something like PQMagic's Partition Magic to delete the
/hda1 partition completely, then start over.
If it is an old drive, and the drive optimisation settings were not quite
correct, I think that could have done something to the drive itself. Though
I've never experienced thi
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
