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Iatkos Installation Hard Drive Format Help

I am formatting my hard drive with one partition to GUID with the disk utility upon installation. But it is stuck on "Creating partition map", any help? I have a Compaq SR2011WM with upgraded ram.

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@elijahkan8 Published 2009-02-24
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7,167 historical reads · 3 curated field notes (from 9 dispatches) · 2009-02-24 – 2009-03-01
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I am formatting my hard drive with one partition to GUID with the disk utility upon installation. But it is stuck on "Creating partition map", any help?
I have a Compaq SR2011WM with upgraded ram.

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Follow-up dispatches by @elijahkan8

Author Update #1 @elijahkan8 2009-02-24 ↳ Re: @Taisto
@TaistoTry MBR if it`s not a problem. My old laptop never worked with GUID map, but i don`t really know why...

How do I do that without messing anything else up, I dont care if I lose all my files.

Author Update #2 @elijahkan8 2009-02-24 ↳ Re: @Taisto
@TaistoRun installer again, run Disk Utilities, select your disk which you want to format and select Partition tab, then Options button at the bottom, and change it to MBR.

It does the same thing on that...

Author Update #3 @elijahkan8 2009-02-25

Bump, are there any utilities that I can burn to a disc that will format the HD to GUID or MBR or whatever, I refuse to use Windows (and problably linux) ever agian…

Author Update #4 @elijahkan8 2009-03-01 ↳ Re: @Ali C.
@Ali C.Use a Linux Live CD or something similar and verify you don't have a b0rked hard drive. If anything would prove a drive is on its deathbed, it's unsuccessful reformatting. Or with OSX86, a southbridge conflict. But verify your hard drive's in good shape before you worry about how to fix that.

My hard drives in good shape because i reinstalled xp (blah), I tried formatting my flash drive to GUID with the boot disk and it formatted almost instantly, so its not my hdd or south bridge, or is it...

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3 technical responses curated from 9 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @Taisto 2009-02-24

Try MBR if it`s not a problem. My old laptop never worked with GUID map, but i don`t really know why...

Field Note #2 @Taisto 2009-02-24 ↳ Re: @elijahkan8
@elijahkan8How do I do that without messing anything else up, I dont care if I lose all my files.

Run installer again, run Disk Utilities, select your disk which you want to format and select Partition tab, then Options button at the bottom, and change it to MBR.

Field Note #3 @Ali C. 2009-02-25

Use a Linux Live CD or something similar and verify you don't have a b0rked hard drive. If anything would prove a drive is on its deathbed, it's unsuccessful reformatting.
Or with OSX86, a southbridge conflict. But verify your hard drive's in good shape before you worry about how to fix that.

Corroborated & Participated: @nuttzy
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@elijahkan8Primary Author52009-02-24 → 2009-03-01
@TaistoContributor22009-02-24
@nuttzyContributor12009-02-24
@Ali C.Contributor12009-02-25