RE: HDD Choices

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wouldn't you just use "Manage" -> "Disk
Management" (right-click on "My
Computer") to do a high level (OS level) format on the new drive? If
you do
a "Quick Format" (so it just writes the file allocation tables
etc. rather
than writing to each block on the drive) then it should only take seconds
to
do.

You should never have to low level format a drive nowadays...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Tim Hawes
> Sent: 08 July 2009 09:13
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] HDD Choices
>
> Thanks for all the feedback and suggestions; I went for two Samsung
> 1TB F1s from Scan from one of their today-only offers. Very impressed
> with the service so far from them; I ordered the stuff and then got a
> text about an hour later to say the order had been dispatched and it
> was delivered the next day.
>
> However, I have a problem - what's the best way to format these?
> I was planning to plug it into the USB-SATA bridge that I have (like
> this one: http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/New-Products/SATA-Hard-Drive-
> USB-Docking-Station.html)
> and do it there, but while the drive will power-up it is not (yet)
> recognised in XP.
> Next I downloaded Samsung's EStools drive software and while it will
> let me do a low level format, reports on the web seem to indicate that
> this will take a day and a half! I have two drives to do so taking my
> main machine out for that long isn't the most convenient thing.
>
> I guess I can add it as a slave and format from within XP but I'm
> always fearful that I'll format the wrong drive.
> What other options do I have? A boot disk and format within DOS?
>
> Should I just bite the bullet and do a low level format?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Phil Harris<phil@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In my server at the moment...
> >
> > 10 x WD10EACS "Green Power" drives running at 28
degrees +- 1 degree
> > 2 x Samsung F1 drives running at 26 degrees +- 1 degree
> > 1 x Hitachi Deskstar 1Tb drive running at 36 degrees
> > 1 x Seagate 1.5Tb drive running at 32 degrees.
> >
> > Phil
> >
>
>
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