Just a thought.
When this format that took a very long time finished did the stats show anything abnormal?
Like maybe the HD had shrunk.
Did this HD come with a floppy?
If so and you boot the floppy is there a diag util?
I have a 40g hard drive. My computer crashed, so I decided to do a format c: and re-install windows me. When I formatted though, it took a very long time and it kept having to look for clusters (I think that is what it was). It took a very long time. Now when I stick the boot disk in it says Searching for Boot Record from Floppy.....OK then it says Disk I/O error. Have I totally messed up this hard drive? HELP
Thanks,
Nita

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