jcy0001 Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Hi i just added a western digital 250GB SATA II 16mb drive to my setup. I formated the drive last night and when i woke up this morning its still at 60%. I was thinking of just canceling it but was scared that i would damage the disk by canceling it while it was formating. What do you think is wrong? i am formating thru computer management in the administrative tools:( thanks oh the drive is pluged to sata4 on the board Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk0101 Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Next time check the little box that says "Quick Format". You won't hurt anything by canceling and starting over. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcy0001 Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 tried the quick format its formated but odd when testing with HDtach it errors half way thru the with atto the writes are so slow as in barely any red lines then i turned smart on it says gives an error mesage at bootup:( doesn this mean the drive is damaged? or could it be ive just had some mistakes at setting it up? do i need to turn anything on for sata2? What is spread spectrum? does this need to be on? thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
applejuice Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 I'm not an expert or anything, but it does sound like the drive is damaged. I just installed a new SATA2 drive on a new system and it was recognized correctly without any bios changes. I formatted a nearly-250 gig partition and it took about an hour. If S.M.A.R.T. is giving you errors on a new drive, that's a bad sign. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcy0001 Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 man that sucks and to think i got this drive all the way from the US since they dont sell it here in the philippines yet:( how do you diagnose for this? is ther a program i can use? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
0V3RC10CK3D Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 DFT, Drive Fitness Test Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcy0001 Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Is that okey to use with the Western digital drive? isnt that just for the hitachi drives? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdog Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Download the Ultimate Boot CD Its free, has all the H.D.D tools for the most popular hard drive manufacturers out there. Hope it helps. Pdog Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoyoJoe Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 I had the same issue with a WD 36gb raptor. During a windows install it took well over an hour to format a 10gb partition. Couple days later it died all together. Make sure s.m.a.r.t is turned on in the bios and turn off the splash screen on startup, so u can see, and see if smart says anything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcy0001 Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 man that sucks hope its not the case it would be a hasle to have to send this thing back to the US:( will try to download the CD when i get home:) hope it works Thanks guys Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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