-=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Roger
- From: "Roger" <rcleavitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:31:24 -0700
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.
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----- 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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