The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    having problems with formatting HD

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by hehe299792458, Apr 18, 2008.

  1. hehe299792458

    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    175
    Messages:
    1,571
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I can't seem to format certain SATA drives on my desktop. They work fine in an enclosure connected to my notebook, but if I connect it to the desktop, the whole system would slow dramatically and file transfer to the drive always ends in some sort of failure. Trying to reformat it on the desktop also proved futile; I noticed it was able to "format" the drive, but not "create file structures". I already tried re-installing/upgrading the drivers. Is there anything else I should try?
     
    hehe299792458, Apr 18, 2008
    #1