halp

[crazymeandave]

i have a 500GB usb hard disc that went kaput [windows 2k crashed and b0rked the FAT table]

now, i'm trying to reformat it, but can't get it to format at anything other than 127GB on win2k and 810GB on xp.

neither of these are right, so i am reluctant to attempt it. how can i make it format properly?

stupid fucking windows

Comments

[untermensch]

Windows is gay. Burn yourself a Knoppix live CD or something and format it yourself using Linux's fdisk and mkfs tools, or try this handy utility which I have never used before but which seems decent

[crazymeandave]

weirdly enough, i just tried the fat32format. it tried to format it at 871GB!!!

dunno how to use the linux fdisk/mkfs thing, is it easy?

[untermensch]

That's pretty weeeeird.

The Linux approach is probably a bit too finicky to explain here. Lots can go wrong if you're not familiar with it :)

Maybe try partition magic then?

Make sure you've got AVG or some antivirus installed. I never trust torrented executables.

[chromenewt]

Ahh, but how compatible is it with games? If it can't do games then it doesn't do Giggidy in my books. ;)

[chromenewt]

XP needs SP2 in order to be able to see more than 125-130gb on a single drive. Make sure you have SP2 installed on the system you're using to format it. I just had the same headache with my 250gb hdd.

[crazymeandave]

cheers mate, but not running xp - that was the work laptop.

[chromenewt]

Ahh, scuppered my otherwise flawless solution.

[crazymeandave]

yeah, sorry dude... will only gonna get xp when micro$haft stop servicing it to force everyone onto vista, and only very begrudgingly then.