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unable to format disk

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Shasta Original post #1
Jan 5, 2006 at 4:03 PM
have got bad sectors on drive c of my hard disk.

i tried quick format on the drive but the bad sectors are still there.

then tried a full format but it just stops in the middle.

what do i do now . is there a way out

plz tell in detail.
phatratt
Jan 5, 2006 at 4:33 PM
since u r having bad sectors on your harddisk(chances of recover is very thin).You have still some chances of reviving your harddisk by trying low level formatting by using utilities like Segate disk manager.
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Jan 5, 2006 at 8:00 PM
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