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    please help with toshiba a100 reformat

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by toppy23, Feb 20, 2007.

  1. toppy23

    toppy23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm trying to reformat my friend's toshiba a100 laptop. Its a core duo 1.6ghz, 1gb ram, 100gig hd, internal 8xDVD/24XCD optical drive setup.

    I've already deleted the previous partitions, and I'm trying to install Windows XP sp 2 professional edition. It's already been 4 hours and its still at the format part (39%).

    Is this normal? How long is a reformat on a 100gig hd supposed to take?


    ps. It only takes me 1 hour to do a complete reformat on my pentium 3 computer.
     
    toppy23, Feb 20, 2007
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  2. qohelet

    qohelet Senior Member

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    that's very strange my 80gig will not take even 1 minute in reformat. what did you do? how did you reformat? when you are reformatting as well as reformatting i suggest you choose the option "ntfs (quick)."
     
    qohelet, Feb 20, 2007
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    toppy23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I chose the ntfs 'normal', not 'quick' reformat
     
    toppy23, Feb 20, 2007
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    qohelet Senior Member

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    Use NTFS quick. that i think is recommended when you're reformatting and installing a fresh copy of windows. no wonder it is taking you hours just to reformat.....
     
    qohelet, Feb 20, 2007
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    toppy23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks a lot for your help. Quick format really sped up the process. I finished the entire format process in 30minutes.
     
    toppy23, Feb 20, 2007
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  6. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    No Wonder!!!

    I will now use Quick Format as well, LOL.
     
    usapatriot, Feb 20, 2007
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