Unable to format and use a partition.

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James P.

Hello. I recently used the Disk Management utility and
made a new partition on an XP machine. I seem to not be
able to format it, for some reason. It is a Basic,
Primary partition, 3 GBs in size. I have tryed several
routes to format it. After getting to 100%, I get a hard
crash. Then, I get a message that my operating system
cannot be found. I reboot the system and it is okay until
I try to access that particular partition. All
indications are that it is a "RAW" partition. Does anyone
have any idea what is going on here? And, how I can solve
this? Thanks. J.P. :)
 
James P. said:
Hello. I recently used the Disk Management utility and
made a new partition on an XP machine. I seem to not be
able to format it, for some reason. It is a Basic,
Primary partition, 3 GBs in size. I have tryed several
routes to format it. After getting to 100%, I get a hard
crash. Then, I get a message that my operating system
cannot be found. I reboot the system and it is okay until
I try to access that particular partition. All
indications are that it is a "RAW" partition. Does anyone
have any idea what is going on here? And, how I can solve
this? Thanks. J.P. :)
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As a first step I would download & run the disk
diagnostic program that your hard disk manufacturer
makes available on his home site.
 
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