BigDaddy Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 (edited) Installed Win2k on my notebook. And it took 1hour to complete it. If I recall correctly that is not normal. And the HDD is rated at 4300RPM's. btw. I tried creating and formating the partition with Partition Magic 8 first but Win2k installation program just refused it and said the partition was damaged or corrupted... So my only other option was to use the default Win2k formater and wait... wait.... wait.??btw. The Win2k CD was nLited Edited November 13, 2005 by BigDaddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derektm Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Installed Win2k on my notebook. And it took 1hour to complete it. If I recall correctly that is not normal. And the HDD is rated at 4300RPM's. btw. I tried creating and formating the partition with Partition Magic 8 first but Win2k installation program just refused it and said the partition was damaged and corrupted... So my only other option was to wait... wait.... wait.??btw. The Win2k CD was nLitedSounds like it could be a driver issue. Did windows actually install or no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDaddy Posted November 13, 2005 Author Share Posted November 13, 2005 Yes and it works very well and fast indeed. Using it right now. B4 had WinXP installed but was to sllugish for:Mobile Celeron 2.4256DDR40gb 4300RPM hdd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 Yes and it works very well and fast indeed. Using it right now. B4 had WinXP installed but was to sllugish for:Mobile Celeron 2.4256DDR40gb 4300RPM hddBad news, that sounds like a bad HDD. It likely has bad sectors. Thus, you should replace the HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDaddy Posted November 13, 2005 Author Share Posted November 13, 2005 Checked the surface test on the drive which found no error. What else could the reason be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 (edited) Checked the surface test on the drive which found no error. What else could the reason be?I dunno. You should use ActiveSMART, which is available at the following web site:http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/Even the trial version is fully functional, AFAIK. After you ran ActiveSMART, please post the results.Because the HDD may still be bad, even if there wasn't any bad sectors found. Edited November 14, 2005 by RJARRRPCGP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDaddy Posted November 14, 2005 Author Share Posted November 14, 2005 HEre it is:FUJITSU_MHT2040AT__SN_NN0AT3713HTT____REPORT.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 just get a new HD, the rest of the kit is decent enough, the hd is poo (4200) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 HEre it is:It appears to be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-I- Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 (edited) Just get a new HD, the rest of the kit is decent enough, the hd is poo (4200rpm)Say What.... - guess have to tell you that its a default laptop drive, btw: fastest laptop harddisk is just 5400rmp (not the 10k like in desktops).get ur facts straigh befor posting Edited November 14, 2005 by -I- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizban2 Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 there are 7200 rpm hds for laptops, just really hot when they are used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDaddy Posted November 15, 2005 Author Share Posted November 15, 2005 And expensive and also they suck your battery rapidly. Which is a very important fact on notebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash&Burn Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 "Never Wrong." Almost Right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDaddy Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 SO no1 knows as to why Win2k fomaed a 40gb for an hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 (edited) Well - do you have a Windows 2000 CD that isn't nLited that you could use to compare the format times? Perhaps it's an nLite issue, maybe it's an issue with how Windows 2000 setup is accessing your drive - without knowing how an unmodified Windows 2000 CD performs, I think we'd be just guessing at what is causing the issue. Edited December 3, 2005 by cluberti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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