Unable To Fully Format Or Erase Any Programs In The Net I Can Use
Mar 17, 2010Unable to fully format or erase Any programs in the net I can use?
View 9 RepliesUnable to fully format or erase Any programs in the net I can use?
View 9 Repliesim trying to reformatt my vista partition. Because I feel like it, and its getting a bit laggy.
But anyways, I go and click on computer->vista drive->format->quick format-> error unable to format.
why does this happen!
I'm trying to format some CD-RW disks to make my backup disks and only once out of about 10 tries have I been successful. I keep getting a message that says "windows is unable to format disk"
View 6 Replies View RelatedIt's unable to either normally format any external memory devices into a FAT or FAT32 format, or unable to read it at all. I keep trying to open the device but it keeps saying that i need to format it, but because of problem 1, it can't be formated (it almost completes but the process shuts down, stating that it can't be formated). This problem has been happening for the longest time and I really need this fixed.
When I say external memory devices, i mean CDs, DVDs, Flash drives, SD cards, memory card readers. Everytime I check the disk management of these devices, it says they are Primary Partitioned (which is the normal status right?). And the only thing that seems to be the problem is the RAW file system (which I heard windows doesn't read)............
Just received a USB drive today from ebay 8 gig drive. Upon putting it into my computer it comes up as unformatted. So press format and errors at the end (unable to complete format). Then tried to format the drive via computer management in admin tools. All goes OK - 8 Gig showing. Copied 6.5 Gig onto it to test, and only some of the files work. About 2 Gig of AVI work but the others open as corrupted - same problem on my PS3. Thinking its either faulty or got a feeling its a fake 2 Gig. If its fake can you somehow restore the orginal boot / bios to get it back (better than nothing i suppose). Eneco flash drive 2.10 16777216 lba
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When I try to format either a Philips DVD+RW disk or a Panasonic DVD-R disk, on either machine, after apparently going through the formatting procedure I get a message that Windows was unable to complete the format. It is strange that the identical issue is found on both machines. Could Vista be causing the issue? I would mention that I am able to format a CD-RW disk OK.
I have a Vista Ultimate 64 bit system using an ASUS striker II formula MB, Intel core 2 quad 2.66 mh CPU, 8 GB RAM. It was setup with 2 320 GB Seagate drives and a 500 GB Seagate drive in a RAID. A week and a half ago when shutting down the system, I got the install updates message. I clicked OK. Upon return, I found the system still running showing the BIOS screen. After reboot, I had a no operating system error. Using the Vista DVD to attempt repair, yielded a corrupt partition error. I attempted to reinstall Vista on one 320 GB drive. This gave a disk boot failure. After trying this and that, I ran chkdsk during boot which fixed the error. I want to recover my data. To facilitate recovery, I purchased 2 1.5 GB Seagate drives. I have attempted to format the drives using computer management and safe mode with command prompt. The drives will get to 73% format but no farther.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have an issue on my Gateway Laptop computer model MT6832B which has an Opiarc ad-7530a DVD RW drive. I also have the same issue on my DELL Dimension E520 with a TSST corp DVD+- RW TS -H653A drive. Both Computers are running on Vista Home Premium Service Pack2 My issue is this. When I try to format either a Philips DVD+RW disk or a Panasonic DVD-R disk, on either machine, after apparently going through the formatting procedure I get a message that Windows was unable to complete the format. It is strange that the identical issue is found on both machines. Could Vista be causing the issue? I would mention that I am able to format a CD-RW disk OK.
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i was retarded and lost my vista cd that came with the PC. Two moves..sigh you know the deal, anyway what if i wanted to erase everything off my pc cept for vista, is there a way to do it(beside doing it one by one in the program thingy. Not just programs too, i mean everything. I was to start fresh. Or is there a way to format without getting rid of vista, or whatever.
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Problem signature:
Problem Event Name:BEX
Application Name:setup.exe_InstallShield (R)
Application Version:10.50.0.125
Application Timestamp:4178b4a2
Fault Module Name:StackHash_4a9e
Fault Module Version:0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp:00000000
Exception Offset:008d08e0
Exception Code:c0000005
Exception Data:00000008
OS Version:6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID:1033
Additional Information 1:4a9e
Additional Information 2:236f2a1c65038fb7ca5862ccab73aabe
Additional Information 3:7f6a
Additional Information 4:a44f06ddc95f9aed1c0e8b4741db58d8
Looked across several forums and haven't found any answer to this type of question
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