how to fix hard disks that cannot be formatted?

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nash10
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how to fix hard disks that cannot be formatted?

October 28th, 2008, 22:51

how to fix hard disks that cannot be formatted?i have some fix but others not...
harddrivespecialist
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Re: how to fix hard disks that cannot be formatted?

October 28th, 2008, 23:01

You will need special equipment and time spend in learning.
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Re: how to fix hard disks that cannot be formatted?

October 28th, 2008, 23:38

download HDDSCAN (by Doomer) from files section and erase the hdd then format it using partition magic or similar apps.
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Re: how to fix hard disks that cannot be formatted?

October 29th, 2008, 2:38

If drives have bad fw or surface problems, only fix with special gear. Otherwise, try sw solutions but have no expectations.
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