-=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Roger
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:15:56 -0400
Sandy,
From the image you sent me, it appears as though your image burn was
completely successful. I can see that the burning process resulted in the
contents of the image being burned to your disk. That was the hard part,
believe it or not.
The next step is to boot directly to that CD disk instead of letting the
system boot into Windows. You received that window showing you the contents
because XP is set up to Autoplay new disks as they're recognized. This
time, you'll need to reboot and look for a line of text (white letters on a
black background) that says something like "Press any key to boot from the
optical drive". It will appear all by itself at the top of the screen just
before Windows begins loading and will only give you a couple of seconds to
hit a key to tell it to do that. If you're not sure what key to press, just
use the spacebar or the Enter key.
If you don't see a line like that, it means your BIOS is set up to boot
from the hard drive first and we'll need to venture into the BIOS to change
that setting. It's not hard to do, but it might seem a little daunting if
you've never been in there before.
Let us know whether or not you see that line. Of course, if you do see
it, go ahead and run the program on that CD. lol
Peace,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 1:18 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Roger
>I ran a scan, the results I sent in another email.........I replied to
> Sandi's email cause she told me how to get to where the scan results were.
>
> ok, you know what Roger................I don't know what to do at this
> point?
> I googled my burning software and found where/and how to burn an image.
> Ok I did so and when I put it in the drive and rebooted all that happened
> was a window opened up showing me all the stuff that's on the image CD.
>
> If you and/or GMan don't mind I'm going to send privately to you both
> a pic of what I saw after rebooting with the image CD of SuperFDisk on it.
>
> Sandy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger" <rcleavitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 8:31 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Roger
>
>
>> 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.
>>
>> --------------------
>> ----- 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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