Cannot Format Internal HDD
Ive tried almost every distro and only iPC and iDeneb recognize my internal hard drive! I successfully installed it onto my external drive but couldnt get the wifi working. But its no point for OSx to be on an external drive since i would…
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- @l2ounak Published 2010-01-29
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Ive tried almost every distro and only iPC and iDeneb recognize my internal hard drive!
I successfully installed it onto my external drive but couldnt get the wifi working. But its no point for OSx to be on an external drive since i would have to carry it around!
So when I try to format my drive or even partition it, it gives me an error "Input/Output Error"
I also created partitions from Windows 7 (Created NTFS, FAT32)
I also used Partition Magic (GParted) to make HFS+.
Everything is being detected but cant be erased/formatted nor partitioned from disk utility!
I really dont know how to get through this, Ive been looking for a solution for about 2 weeks now Please look into this!
The drive is totally formatted and it has nothing on it! Right now i have windows 7 installed but i am willing to format it again as long as i can be able to format through Disk Utility at the time of installation!
Please guys, help me on this!
Thanks a lot in advance
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@00010Sounds like some kinda chipset incompatability , or controller incompatability for you hard drive, Is it an IDE interface or other 00010
how would you find out regarding whether it is IDE or other?
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Sounds like some kinda chipset incompatability , or controller incompatability for you hard drive, Is it an IDE interface or other?
00010
I think the best way is to insert your operating boot cd and reinstall all , or make a bootable disket to enter the console and format it from there.
After this you should allways backup ur software with a free one like dma iler.com/dmailer-backup.html.
Is a free software that offers you the ability to store the backup online on their servers , and also it has a lot of usefull features in it.
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| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
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| @l2ounak | Primary Author | 2 | 2010-01-29 → 2010-01-30 |
| @00010 | Contributor | 1 | 2010-01-29 |
| @JohnnyBoyClub | Contributor | 1 | 2010-06-19 |