Windows XP & Formatting New Drive 80GB W/NTFS

[Robert J. Stevens]

I am trying to install a new 80GB drive in a Sony Pentium III. I started
on saturday morning and XP says drive was unformatted and created a
76Gig Partition and began Formatting for NTFS. It is only at 22% this
morning. bout 48 Hours so far. At this rate it will take 6 More Days.
Is this Normal ???
Bob in Wisconsin

 

[Ted Zieglar]

Virtually all retail drives sold in the U.S. come with complete instructions
for setting up the drive, including a CD containing all the software you
need to get going. When following the manufacturer's instructions,
formatting the drive takes just minutes.

These instructions and software are also available on the manufacturer's web
site.

 

[Robert J. Stevens]

Ted;
Problem is I didn't buy the DISK. The lady I am helping got it of E-Bay and they
didn't include an Installation CD. Is there an Independant Formatter Available
that will fit on a 1.44 floppy or Can I find a CD that will format NTFS Faster
than what XP is doing now
TIA
Bob

 

[Ted Zieglar]

"The lady I am helping got it of E-Bay..."
Caveat emptor.

Did you go to the manufacturer's web site as I suggested?

 

[Robert J. Stevens]

"The lady I am helping got it of E-Bay..."
Caveat emptor.

Did you go to the manufacturer's web site as I suggested?

I'm trying got hung up will have to try again

 

[Ted Zieglar]

Funny how web sites seem to act up just when you really need them. Must be
an 'anxiety sensor' coded into the HTML. <g>

 

[Robert J. Stevens]

Ted;
Found This at Toshiba
Disk Manager
Looking for Disk Manager? Disk Manager is no longer available for download on
our site, because systems with Windows XP and 2000 don't require it.
So Where next???
Been seaching with WebFerret
Bob

 

[Ted Zieglar]

Is the Toshiba the manufacturer of the drive?

 

[Michael Stevens]

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I am trying to install a new 80GB drive in a Sony Pentium III. I
started on saturday morning and XP says drive was unformatted and
created a 76Gig Partition and began Formatting for NTFS. It is only
at 22% this morning. bout 48 Hours so far. At this rate it will take
6 More Days. Is this Normal ???
Bob in Wisconsin

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[Robert J. Stevens]

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I got it DONE. Seems the Drive is Bonkers. I finally ran IBM's DFT after I
loaded XP which took forever and wouldn't display the Icons. It says there's
a problem so Back it GOES
Reverted the PUTER Back to the 2GIG drive that was in it and resized the
PAGEFILE and dropped HIBERNATION which gave me room to install the other
programs needed.
Thanks for all the Input and Help
Bob in Wisconsin