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HDDRIVER format partition ?
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 14:38
by exxos
Unless I am going blind, there does not seem to be any way to format a partition in HDDRIVER ?
Problem is I have a copy of all my files on D:, and C: seems corrupted (not opening). So really need to format it, but can't :pullhair:
Re: HDDRIVER format partition ?
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 14:56
by stephen_usher
Yes, there's no explicit FAT format option that I've found. It only does it when you change the partition table.
Unfortunately it seems that all the HD utilities (that I've tried) on the ST do something similar rather than divorcing partition formatting from partitioning.
Re: HDDRIVER format partition ?
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 14:58
by Steve
Can you not just re-partition it. As far as I know you shouldn't lose your data on D:
Re: HDDRIVER format partition ?
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 15:15
by exxos
Steve wrote: 05 Jun 2025 14:58
Can you not just re-partition it. As far as I know you shouldn't lose your data on D:
I'd assume it would trash everything...
Re: HDDRIVER format partition ?
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 15:16
by exxos
stephen_usher wrote: 05 Jun 2025 14:56
Yes, there's no explicit FAT format option that I've found. It only does it when you change the partition table.
Unfortunately it seems that all the HD utilities (that I've tried) on the ST do something similar rather than divorcing partition formatting from partitioning.
That sucks :(
Re: HDDRIVER format partition ?
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 15:20
by mrbombermillzy
Would something like KnifeST be worth looking at?
Re: HDDRIVER format partition ?
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 15:22
by exxos
mrbombermillzy wrote: 05 Jun 2025 15:20
Would something like KnifeST be worth looking at?
I did wonder if Diamond edge could possibly fix it
Re: HDDRIVER format partition ?
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 15:41
by exxos
:sigh:
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It be quicker just to format the whole thing and start again :roll:
Re: HDDRIVER format partition ?
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 15:50
by stephen_usher
Drive D is the one with problems?
Not wise to try to put your disk utility on that, especially as every write to the drive is likely to corrupt it even more.
Re: HDDRIVER format partition ?
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 15:51
by Steve
exxos wrote: 05 Jun 2025 15:15
Steve wrote: 05 Jun 2025 14:58
Can you not just re-partition it. As far as I know you shouldn't lose your data on D:
I'd assume it would trash everything...
Trash everything? What do you mean, you want to format it anyway. Someone told me recently that re-partitioning a single partition leaves other partitions intact. I haven't tried it myself but they told me that this was the case.