Formatting problem

[Sgt Pepper]

I'm trying to format a hard drive and I keep getting the error:

Trying to recover file allocation units

I tried to first fdisk the drive then recreate the partitions but that didn't seem to fix it.

 

[nateholtrop]

You may have some bad sectors.


Nate

 

[Sgt Pepper]

How would I go about repairing bad sectors if it is possible at all?

 

[AKA]

Might have to do a low level format.

 

[Cnuke]

I have had this exact poblem. At the a:\ type fdisk /mbr

this comand will repair the master boot record. That was my fix. After that delete all drives in FDISK and recreate them. You should be on your way.

Good Luck

Cnuke

 

[snowyowl]

If you had a linux partition or other non dos partition...you may need to try what cnuke said to fix the boot record.