-=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Roger
- From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:21:26 -0400
oh my goodness...............that's what's been flashing across my
screen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lololololol.....................gman..........for days i've been trying my
best to read it, but it's so fast i can't and on my machine it's at the
bottom of that black screen. it's been bugging me to death trying to read
it!
ok, here goes nothing! lol
Sandy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 3:15 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Roger
> Sandy,
> From the image you sent me, it appears as though your image burn was
> completely successful. I can see that the burning process resulted in the
> contents of the image being burned to your disk. That was the hard part,
> believe it or not.
>
> The next step is to boot directly to that CD disk instead of letting
> the
> system boot into Windows. You received that window showing you the
> contents
> because XP is set up to Autoplay new disks as they're recognized. This
> time, you'll need to reboot and look for a line of text (white letters on
> a
> black background) that says something like "Press any key to boot from the
> optical drive". It will appear all by itself at the top of the screen
> just
> before Windows begins loading and will only give you a couple of seconds
> to
> hit a key to tell it to do that. If you're not sure what key to press,
> just
> use the spacebar or the Enter key.
>
> If you don't see a line like that, it means your BIOS is set up to boot
> from the hard drive first and we'll need to venture into the BIOS to
> change
> that setting. It's not hard to do, but it might seem a little daunting if
> you've never been in there before.
>
> Let us know whether or not you see that line. Of course, if you do see
> it, go ahead and run the program on that CD. lol
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 1:18 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Roger
>
>
>>I ran a scan, the results I sent in another email.........I replied to
>> Sandi's email cause she told me how to get to where the scan results
>> were.
>>
>> ok, you know what Roger................I don't know what to do at this
>> point?
>> I googled my burning software and found where/and how to burn an image.
>> Ok I did so and when I put it in the drive and rebooted all that happened
>> was a window opened up showing me all the stuff that's on the image CD.
>>
>> If you and/or GMan don't mind I'm going to send privately to you both
>> a pic of what I saw after rebooting with the image CD of SuperFDisk on
>> it.
>>
>> Sandy
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Roger" <rcleavitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 8:31 PM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Roger
>>
>>
>>> Sandy,
>>>
>>> Do you have a diagnosis on your clicking drive?
>>>
>>> If it's ok and you want to proceed we'll have to make some changes.
>>> Actually
>>> you have to make a new CD for Super Fdisk to make it work.
>>> The iso you downloaded is an image and you have to burn that "image" to
>>> CD.
>>> You don't get involved with data anywhere in the process!
>>> The image or iso is already set up to make the CD bootable when the
>>> digital
>>> image is transferred to the CD.
>>> Your CD burning software should have an option in the burn type to "Burn
>>> an
>>> Image to Disk" or similar. If it's not capable of burning an image
>>> you'll
>>> have to download a different burning program.
>>>
>>> Insert bland disk in CD Burner
>>> Select Burn Image to Disk
>>> Load Super Fdisk in the files area.
>>> There will just be one file and it has to have the iso extension........
>>> The iso is the negative and you're going to burn a pretty postive onto a
>>> CD,
>>> lol
>>> Once the picture is burned onto the CD just load it into the drive and
>>> reboot.
>>> You should wind up in the user interface of Super Fdisk.
>>> OK
>>> There's a little more help in my original post at the bottom of this
>>> page.
>>>
>>> --------------------
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 4:10 PM
>>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Roger
>>>
>>>
>>>> yeah my 120gb shows up as 111 gb so IF I could make anything work I'd
>>>> probably
>>>> be able to tell that part ok............i think, lol.
>>>> Sandy
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 6:37 PM
>>>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Roger
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I can't stress enough the importance of making absolutely sure that the
>>>>> drive you're about to format is the right one, Sandy. I don't know
>>>>> what
>>>>> the
>>>>> interface of this program looks like, but you should be able to see
>>>>> the
>>>>> sizes of the drives it recognizes somewhere. It will be reported as a
>>>>> little smaller than what the manufacturer says it can hold, but that's
>>>>> normal. For instance, my 320GB drive shows up as a 298.08GB drive.
>>>>>
>>>>> Peace,
>>>>> Gman
>>>>>
>>>>> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Roger" <rcleavitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 6:27 PM
>>>>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Roger
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, remove the CD or you'll boot back into Super Fdisk again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The interface is so simple even I can understand it.
>>>>>> A large window showing the attached drives and a couple of tool bars
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> top.
>>>>>> All very intuitive and easy to follow.
>>>>>> The toolbars are similar to Windows Explorer........... nothing
>>>>>> confusing.
>>>>>> When you hit File/Exit at the top you'll be dropped back to the A:\
>>>>>> prompt.............. black screen, flickering A prompt.
>>>>>> Just remove the CD and hit your reset button and you're off and
>>>>>> running.
>>>>>> That's a big drive on a USB connection so if it will format it's
>>>>>> going
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> take quite awhile........ patience is the keyword!
>>>>>
>>>
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