-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Sandys External Drive

  • From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:06:55 -0400

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
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