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Can anyone please answer me that why out of 2 HDDs in my
system(WDC-40GB and Seagate-20GB),the seagate HD is not
being formatted in DOS using format command **(format is
getting terminated after 37 % is completed,displaying a
message "drive not ready")**, but it is formatable from
within Windows explorer by rightclick on partitions &
format.. While the other HD(WDC) is formatable both in
DOS & WINDOWS.. Why is it so that i cant format the
seagate HD partitions from DOS using FORMAT command, while
the other HD (WDC) doesn't have any problem like that???
What is IDE full form??
 
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you need to partition the drive first
then format it.
"KUNAL K" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:b8f601c4894e$265733c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Can anyone please answer me that why out of 2 HDDs in my
> system(WDC-40GB and Seagate-20GB),the seagate HD is not
> being formatted in DOS using format command **(format is
> getting terminated after 37 % is completed,displaying a
> message "drive not ready")**, but it is formatable from
> within Windows explorer by rightclick on partitions &
> format.. While the other HD(WDC) is formatable both in
> DOS & WINDOWS.. Why is it so that i cant format the
> seagate HD partitions from DOS using FORMAT command, while
> the other HD (WDC) doesn't have any problem like that???
> What is IDE full form??
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

That has nothing to do with it actually. The problem is that you are
trying to format a 40 GB Hard Drive to FAT16 or FAT32. You cannot do
this. This is an actual limitation of the filing system. You will need
to format the 40 GB Hard Drive as NTFS or partition it so that one drive
is under the 32 GB limit and the other using the rest of the space.
Here is a good explination:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q184006&

Also, here is an excellent source for filing system/hardware limitations
on Hard Drives:
http://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/hard_drives/drive_size_barrier_limitations.htm

----
Nathan McNulty


BigJIm wrote:
> you need to partition the drive first
> then format it.
> "KUNAL K" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:b8f601c4894e$265733c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>
>>Can anyone please answer me that why out of 2 HDDs in my
>>system(WDC-40GB and Seagate-20GB),the seagate HD is not
>>being formatted in DOS using format command **(format is
>>getting terminated after 37 % is completed,displaying a
>>message "drive not ready")**, but it is formatable from
>>within Windows explorer by rightclick on partitions &
>>format.. While the other HD(WDC) is formatable both in
>>DOS & WINDOWS.. Why is it so that i cant format the
>>seagate HD partitions from DOS using FORMAT command, while
>>the other HD (WDC) doesn't have any problem like that???
>>What is IDE full form??
>
>
>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

My fault, I looked at the header and thought you were running Win2000
(thinking you were formatting from a DOS box). I guess that was the web
interface. This limitation may still exist in the DOS environment
(looked but didn't find), but using Windows 98 I know it is possible to
format FAT32 up to 127 GB. FAT32 supports drives up to 2 terabytes in
size. XP Setup will not format higher than 32GB for FAT32 though either.

----
Nathan McNulty


Nathan McNulty wrote:
> That has nothing to do with it actually. The problem is that you are
> trying to format a 40 GB Hard Drive to FAT16 or FAT32. You cannot do
> this. This is an actual limitation of the filing system. You will need
> to format the 40 GB Hard Drive as NTFS or partition it so that one drive
> is under the 32 GB limit and the other using the rest of the space. Here
> is a good explination:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q184006&
>
> Also, here is an excellent source for filing system/hardware limitations
> on Hard Drives:
> http://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/hard_drives/drive_size_barrier_limitations.htm
>
>
> ----
> Nathan McNulty
>
>
> BigJIm wrote:
>
>> you need to partition the drive first
>> then format it.
>> "KUNAL K" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:b8f601c4894e$265733c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>>> Can anyone please answer me that why out of 2 HDDs in my
>>> system(WDC-40GB and Seagate-20GB),the seagate HD is not
>>> being formatted in DOS using format command **(format is
>>> getting terminated after 37 % is completed,displaying a
>>> message "drive not ready")**, but it is formatable from
>>> within Windows explorer by rightclick on partitions &
>>> format.. While the other HD(WDC) is formatable both in
>>> DOS & WINDOWS.. Why is it so that i cant format the
>>> seagate HD partitions from DOS using FORMAT command, while
>>> the other HD (WDC) doesn't have any problem like that???
>>> What is IDE full form??
>>
>>
>>
>>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

>-----Original Message-----
>That has nothing to do with it actually. The problem is
that you are
>trying to format a 40 GB Hard Drive to FAT16 or FAT32.
You cannot do
>this. This is an actual limitation of the filing
system. You will need
>to format the 40 GB Hard Drive as NTFS or partition it so
that one drive
>is under the 32 GB limit and the other using the rest of
the space.
>Here is a good explination:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-
US;Q184006&
>
>Also, here is an excellent source for filing
system/hardware limitations
>on Hard Drives:
>http://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/hard_drives/drive_size_barri
er_limitations.htm
>
>----
>Nathan McNulty
>
>
>BigJIm wrote:
>> you need to partition the drive first
>> then format it.
>> "KUNAL K" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message
>> news:b8f601c4894e$265733c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Can anyone please answer me that why out of 2 HDDs in my
>>>system(WDC-40GB and Seagate-20GB),the seagate HD is not
>>>being formatted in DOS using format command **(format is
>>>getting terminated after 37 % is completed,displaying a
>>>message "drive not ready")**, but it is formatable from
>>>within Windows explorer by rightclick on partitions &
>>>format.. While the other HD(WDC) is formatable both in
>>>DOS & WINDOWS.. Why is it so that i cant format the
>>>seagate HD partitions from DOS using FORMAT command,
while
>>>the other HD (WDC) doesn't have any problem like that???
>>>What is IDE full form??
>>
>>
>>

The OP is having trouble formatting the 20gb drive,
numbnuts.
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

Hi Nathan, probably u didn't understand my question.. If u
look at my original post u'll find that i dont have any
problem with the 40 GB HD which is perfectly ok & getting
formatted from within windows-ME and DOS(using format
command) as well.. But my problem is with the 20 GB HD
which is getting formatted only from within windows but
not in DOS.. My question is, if the 40 GB HD can be
formatted in DOS using format command then why wont the 20
GB HD be formatted the same way??? and whats the remedy???
And please let me know if possible:What is the full form
of IDE???
Thanks in advance...






>-----Original Message-----
>That has nothing to do with it actually. The problem is
that you are
>trying to format a 40 GB Hard Drive to FAT16 or FAT32.
You cannot do
>this. This is an actual limitation of the filing
system. You will need
>to format the 40 GB Hard Drive as NTFS or partition it so
that one drive
>is under the 32 GB limit and the other using the rest of
the space.
>Here is a good explination:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-
US;Q184006&
>
>Also, here is an excellent source for filing
system/hardware limitations
>on Hard Drives:
>http://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/hard_drives/drive_size_barri
er_limitations.htm
>
>----
>Nathan McNulty
>
>
>BigJIm wrote:
>> you need to partition the drive first
>> then format it.
>> "KUNAL K" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message
>> news:b8f601c4894e$265733c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Can anyone please answer me that why out of 2 HDDs in my
>>>system(WDC-40GB and Seagate-20GB),the seagate HD is not
>>>being formatted in DOS using format command **(format is
>>>getting terminated after 37 % is completed,displaying a
>>>message "drive not ready")**, but it is formatable from
>>>within Windows explorer by rightclick on partitions &
>>>format.. While the other HD(WDC) is formatable both in
>>>DOS & WINDOWS.. Why is it so that i cant format the
>>>seagate HD partitions from DOS using FORMAT command,
while
>>>the other HD (WDC) doesn't have any problem like that???
>>>What is IDE full form??
>>
>>
>>
>.
>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Well thanks for pointing that out so nicely. All I can say is stick
with formatting it in Windows if DOS won't. Run SeaTools on the drive
and make sure it passes the tests.

----
Nathan McNulty


Wislu Plethora wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>That has nothing to do with it actually. The problem is
>
> that you are
>
>>trying to format a 40 GB Hard Drive to FAT16 or FAT32.
>
> You cannot do
>
>>this. This is an actual limitation of the filing
>
> system. You will need
>
>>to format the 40 GB Hard Drive as NTFS or partition it so
>
> that one drive
>
>>is under the 32 GB limit and the other using the rest of
>
> the space.
>
>>Here is a good explination:
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-
>
> US;Q184006&
>
>>Also, here is an excellent source for filing
>
> system/hardware limitations
>
>>on Hard Drives:
>>http://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/hard_drives/drive_size_barri
>
> er_limitations.htm
>
>>----
>>Nathan McNulty
>>
>>
>>BigJIm wrote:
>>
>>>you need to partition the drive first
>>>then format it.
>>>"KUNAL K" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>
> in message
>
>>>news:b8f601c4894e$265733c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Can anyone please answer me that why out of 2 HDDs in my
>>>>system(WDC-40GB and Seagate-20GB),the seagate HD is not
>>>>being formatted in DOS using format command **(format is
>>>>getting terminated after 37 % is completed,displaying a
>>>>message "drive not ready")**, but it is formatable from
>>>>within Windows explorer by rightclick on partitions &
>>>>format.. While the other HD(WDC) is formatable both in
>>>>DOS & WINDOWS.. Why is it so that i cant format the
>>>>seagate HD partitions from DOS using FORMAT command,
>
> while
>
>>>>the other HD (WDC) doesn't have any problem like that???
>>>>What is IDE full form??
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
> The OP is having trouble formatting the 20gb drive,
> numbnuts.
 
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