oh my goodness...............that's what's been flashing across my screen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lololololol.....................gman..........for days i've been trying my best to read it, but it's so fast i can't and on my machine it's at the bottom of that black screen. it's been bugging me to death trying to read it! ok, here goes nothing! lol Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 3:15 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Roger > 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! >>>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. 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