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Author:  PC_Arcade [ Sat Aug 20, 2005 2:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Is there a quicker way to format?
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
Author:  spudthedestroyer [ Sat Aug 20, 2005 2:34 pm ]
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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?
Author:  PC_Arcade [ Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:17 pm ]
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Yeah, using PM now and it seems to be working, still gonna be slow though :(
Author:  PC_Arcade [ Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:59 pm ]
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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
Author:  barry [ Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:07 pm ]
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PC_Arcade wrote:
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?
Author:  PC_Arcade [ Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:10 pm ]
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I did, then because it wasn't working I tested them separately
Author:  barry [ Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:16 pm ]
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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.
Author:  PC_Arcade [ Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:30 pm ]
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excellent, if that's the case it'll save some time when WD replace the drive :lol:
Author:  spudthedestroyer [ Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:38 pm ]
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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.
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