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  1. L

    [SOLVED] Crash while formatting.

    Received a new HDD yesterday. Performed a non-quick format on it. When I went to bed it was nearly finished, but when I woke up this morning my PC had crashed (I'm not blaming the drive here my PC is a work in progress). Windows shows the drive online and formatted. I'm aware there's probably...
    • Landstander
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    • crash format before use Hard Disc Drive
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    • Forum: Storage
  2. Teekiii

    Question chkdsk is taking forever to fix an external HDD, is there an alternative fast way ?

    Hi everyone, I recieved an external SAMSUNG 500 GB HDD from a friend trying to fix it because he wanted the data on it but couldn't access it, the main problem with the HDD was that when it connects to a PC the windows asks to format it before using it as in the usual message : "You Need to...
    • Teekiii
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    • Chkdsk external hdd format before use incorrect parameter recovery data
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Storage
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