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| Author: | hakkareally [ May 22nd, 2008, 12:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Low level format time is to long? |
Hi My pc harddisk is unavilaible, i was find this site from google and download last hddguru low level format software. I started to format, but its tine to long. Between 3-10 hours. Is it normal? |
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| Author: | Deck [ June 3rd, 2008, 1:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Low level format time is to long? |
It’s not normal, i think. To my knowledge, low level format will take within half an hour on an 80 GB harddrive. |
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| Author: | dick [ June 3rd, 2008, 5:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Low level format time is to long? |
Hi! Not sure if a low level format will fix the drive problem! Anyway two things are missing here......how fast is the pc and how large is the drive capacity. Its obvious twice the size = 2x the time and the same goes for cpu speed. If the drive has any bad sectors to be reallocated it could easily take as long as you describe. A test scan in MHDD or Victoria would give you a good idea of the drive's condition. You would need to take note of the read times in milliseconds. I often use Victoria for windows and when I run a test scan I set the timeout to 250ms. |
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