Is there a quicker way to format?

PC_Arcade

I've just installed a 600Gb RAID and windows is now formatting it (I did it via the commandline so I get a %complete)

Is there a quicker way to format the disks? Windows is taking FOREVER, it's been at 0% for absolutely ages

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2005 2:34 pm **Post subject:**

yeah, don't use windows to format :lol:

Parition Magic is faster isn't it.

When i installed 400GB RAID and formatted though, it didn't take very long at all, it didn't get stuck at 0%. Have you installed your raid correctly, in 0?

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:17 pm **Post subject:**

Yeah, using PM now and it seems to be working, still gonna be slow though

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:59 pm **Post subject:**

PC_Arcade wrote:

Yeah, using PM now and it seems to be working, still gonna be slow though

Turns out one of the drives was faulty :roll:

One of them formatted fine, the other isn't even seen by windows

barry · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:07 pm **Post subject:**

PC_Arcade wrote:

Yeah, using PM now and it seems to be working, still gonna be slow though

Turns out one of the drives was faulty :roll:

One of them formatted fine, the other isn't even seen by windows

Eh? I thought you put them in RAID?

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:10 pm **Post subject:**

I did, then because it wasn't working I tested them separately

barry · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:16 pm **Post subject:**

PC_Arcade wrote:

I did, then because it wasn't working I tested them separately

Ah. Probably a good time to point my experience with RAID was that it provided no improvement's what so ever.

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:30 pm **Post subject:**

excellent, if that's the case it'll save some time when WD replace the drive :lol:

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:38 pm **Post subject:**

barry, my SATA RAID read/write rate is way, way, higher than standard SATA. There's a big improvement here.

If its a network drive RAID owns standalone.

Is there a quicker way to format?

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