Can't format

[Beev]

I was just using my other PC 5 minutes ago and came to the conclusion that I should reformat it. I started to do so and it tells me it is "unable to format the partition. The disk may be damaged." How could it be damaged, I just used it! 😕 Anyone have any ideas?

 

[mechBgon]

Try using DBAN, I bet this'll format it :evil: http://dban.sourceforge.net

 

[Beev]

Alright, I'll give it a shot.

 

[Beev]

No good 🙁

 

[nova2]

no good?

what happened? what did it say?

 

[Beev]

Uh, the same thing it's been saying? DBAN worked fine, it just didn't help.

 

[mechBgon]

So the hard drive was successfully blanked by DBAN, but when you run Windows Setup, it says it cannot partition the drive? How about more details on what version of Windows and what kind of computer/hardware you're working on.