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by cul8rm8e

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i am trying to format my HD, when i type in command from dos, i get trying to recover bad sectors,sectors 11,14, then all starts again formating 1% and so until it hits 80% then it stops, message- format has failed. on c: there was command com and wininsto
1 file`s 1 Dir`s, it was an old hd given to me by a mate only 1.2 gig just want to get it up and runnng for use in an old desktop for the kids for games and things, any help would be much appreciated.

thanx in advance.

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by gduffala

This could be a number of things. If you are using DOS, what is the version? Most DOS versions have limits on the size of the disk partition. But first, try running chkdsk /f (I think...it's been awhile). This will run and try to "fix" any problems with the disk areas...if the disk is really messed up, you may have to run it a few times. If this helps, when you format, run the command "format /s" (I'm assuming the disk is already partitioned). Format /s will format the disk and put the operating systems files on it and make it bootable.

by tjc

I suggest that you fdisk the drive, delete the primary partition and then re-create it and then reformat and see how that goes.

by mdubon

Dude.. I had a similar problem with a HD. and what I did was I ran the SCANDISK.exe in the DOS mode from a floppy and corrected any bad sectors the HD had. I found 11,300+ bad clusters and isolated them. After that I wasd able to format the disk. I chose not to reinstall the OS on that disk because of the possibility of failure, but i did use it as a secondary master for non-mission critical storage. it's still working fine but I litte slower.
I hope it helps,... good luck.

MMD.

by eb_alavi

Hi,
I think your HD has Bad sector.
If you can't forma it,
Try to Fdisk . May be your bad cluster repair.
If Fdisk Don't work ,and your computer hunging Please try LOW LEVEL FORMAT program.
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If these style not work ,I this your HD has Hardware Problem.

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