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Hi,
I just purchased a new Seagate 500gb harddisk. Ive made it into 4 partitions during the win xp installer. I tried a quick format....it jumped to 20% in like 4-5 seconds and got stuck for 15+ mins, i got annoyed reset my pc, deleted all partitions, and tried again with a new 20gb partition. Same thing happened. Then i tried a normal format and its taking insanely long aswell. Its been 4 hours and its only done 50% so far, this is for a 20gb partition bear in mind. Is my hdd bad? Its brand new.
Nevermind issue resolved, i didnt realize that its making a clicking noise, after checking this out on various sites, its a sign that ive got a defective hdd, ill just have it replaced.
I just purchased a new Seagate 500gb harddisk. Ive made it into 4 partitions during the win xp installer. I tried a quick format....it jumped to 20% in like 4-5 seconds and got stuck for 15+ mins, i got annoyed reset my pc, deleted all partitions, and tried again with a new 20gb partition. Same thing happened. Then i tried a normal format and its taking insanely long aswell. Its been 4 hours and its only done 50% so far, this is for a 20gb partition bear in mind. Is my hdd bad? Its brand new.
Nevermind issue resolved, i didnt realize that its making a clicking noise, after checking this out on various sites, its a sign that ive got a defective hdd, ill just have it replaced.
