-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Formatting External HDD

Well crap!  I actually didn't know you could reboot with an external still
on......I thought you had to turn them off..........uh oh :-((  I knew the
usb
cable could stay in, but..........oh well........I sure as heck know now and
feel embarrassed that I didn't know it before.

Sandy in Fla.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 7:10 PM
Subject: -=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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