woo hoo............i actually found disk management on my own, lol..........ok i had to turn the external back on first and it's showing as "healthy" with 100% free. I think when i bought this external it came with a gremlin living inside, lol. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger" <rcleavitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 11:32 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Sandys External Drive > My thoughts: > Currently you are accomplishing nothing............ > Safe mode is usually a "Safe" choice......... > I would try a scan in safe mode........ > Super Fdisk is still an option with it's surface scan feature............ > If a scan in safe mode fails my guess is that Super Fdisk is a hail mary > and > may not work either??? > Curiosity is running amuck here....... > Have you checked the status of that drive in Windows Disk Management? > Does it show as formatted, partitioned, broked, bent or just ignoring you? > > One last thought Sandy............ > The posts this morning indicate that Gman conducted a Chinese Fire Drill > here until the wee hours of the morning........... > Your machine was running all night............ > Gman was awake while you were asleep and your machine was > running?????????? > Gman supports low level formatting.......... > Nawwwwwwwwww, that's crazy............ > > See what you can learn from Disk Management and try Safe Mode! > Keep us informed and I'll try to keep track of Gman........ just in case! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "PcTechTalk" <PcTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 7:57 AM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Sandys External Drive > > >> Well i started a scan last night at 7:20. it zipped though part 1 but >> here it is almost 11 a.m. and part second hasn't accomplished anything. >> No little screen boxes have appeared inthe progress bar at all. >> I was wondering something. On my old pc i had to do all my scans in safe >> mode or they just didn't work or would take a week to get done if they >> did >> work..........so i learned how to do them all in safe mode and that >> worked >> great. Should I try to do a scan that way? Or should I try using the >> FDisk tonight and see if overnight IT could do a scan of the external? >> For some reason that thing just does not want to have a scan done on >> it....hmmmmmmmmmm. >> >> Again, it won't just let me cancel or click the red x.........already >> tried........so until i hear something else to do i'm going to leave it >> running while i do my thing on here. >> >> Sandy >> --------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and > everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. > > To unsubscribe or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: > pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: > pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------