minus-squarejoe-dirt-1001@alien.topBtoData Hoarder@selfhosted.forum•How to fully format external HD without leaving it running for days?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou need to perform a low level format to get all of the bad sectors marked. After that, you can partition and perform a normal format. When that is complete, if it still shows as bad in CrystalDickInfo, I wouldn’t trust it. linkfedilink
You need to perform a low level format to get all of the bad sectors marked. After that, you can partition and perform a normal format. When that is complete, if it still shows as bad in CrystalDickInfo, I wouldn’t trust it.