-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Formatting External HDD

AHHHHH!!!!   Well, that's one way to kill the MBR (Master Boot Record) of a 
hard drive.       :O(

A better approach would have been to reboot.  The reboot would have 
unmounted the drive betfore turning off the connection to it.

Peace,
Gman

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 6:39 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Formatting External HDD


> OK I tried to use the "safe to remove" but it always told me it could not 
> be
> removed.........so since I didn't know what else to do I just turned off 
> the
> external's power button and then the phace 2 progress bar filled all the 
> way
> across and I got an error box:
>
> Checking Disk WD External (G:)
> Windows was unable to complete the disk check
>
> Hopefully I didn't mess anything up, but it was obviously hung up on ???
>
> Sandy in Fla 


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