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**Barry_R** · 10-10-2006, 01:26 PM

If it were the CDROM drive it would not take so long to format a 20gig HD because once the format software is loaded into ram it no longer needs the CDROM to format the drive.

There may be something going on with that Hard Drive or a Bios setting. I think the drive may be going bad.

10-10-2006, 01:26 PM	#14 (permalink)
Barry_R TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: California Posts: 700 OS: Win XP Home, Linux Mint My System	If it were the CDROM drive it would not take so long to format a 20gig HD because once the format software is loaded into ram it no longer needs the CDROM to format the drive. There may be something going on with that Hard Drive or a Bios setting. I think the drive may be going bad. Last edited by Barry_R; 10-10-2006 at 01:29 PM.