Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > comp.sys.laptops > #1461
| Path | csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.musoftware.de!wum.musoftware.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail |
|---|---|
| From | "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.laptops, comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage |
| Subject | Re: diskpart's "clean all" hangs, no signs of HD activity |
| Date | Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:32:25 +1000 |
| Lines | 36 |
| Message-ID | <a3oglcFkd0U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <1d75f7cb-bd67-4175-9ca6-eb8fc3dbd589@j10g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> |
| Mime-Version | 1.0 |
| Content-Type | text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original |
| Content-Transfer-Encoding | 7bit |
| X-Trace | individual.net 4ADwZn9uaO2kvpLMJ5I2ZQk+ppkjcdaPqJ5LUYsC41ebjKJIPyFfTNxG38626Zzjk= |
| Cancel-Lock | sha1:6/XqYjbJcaY6zpHdvgm7uqqD5SU= |
| In-Reply-To | <1d75f7cb-bd67-4175-9ca6-eb8fc3dbd589@j10g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> |
| X-Priority | 3 |
| X-MSMail-Priority | Normal |
| Importance | Normal |
| X-Newsreader | Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 |
| X-MimeOLE | Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 |
| Xref | csiph.com comp.sys.laptops:1461 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:3576 |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Show key headers only | View raw
AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> wrote > I am following the instructions at > http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/52129-disk-clean-clean-all-diskpart-command.html > to erase my entire HD before sending my laptop somewhere. > In particular, I am issuing the diskpart command from a > "command prompt at boot". I only have one HD on the > laptop, Disk 0, and I selected it before "clean all". The > above webpage says it takes approximately 1 hour per > 300GB, and I have 300GB but it is still not done after 2 hours. > However, I also note that the HD LED is not showing any activity. > Has the process hung due to the fact that I am > cleaning the same HD that I am operating from? Nope, it should refuse to do that if it doesn't like it. > Is it advisable to forcibly shut the machine down, Yes. > then haul the HD out into an external enclosure so that > I can use another computer to look/see what was erased? Nope. Just use DBan to erase it instead. http://www.dban.org/ > Will it hurt the HD to interrupt such a (possibly hung) erasing procedure? Not if there is no led activity and not even if there was. > I am running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit on a Toshiba > Satellite Pro S750-008 (a.k.a. PSSERC-00800)
Back to comp.sys.laptops | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
diskpart's "clean all" hangs, no signs of HD activity AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 23:57 -0700 Re: diskpart's "clean all" hangs, no signs of HD activity "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-06-12 19:32 +1000 Re: diskpart's "clean all" hangs, no signs of HD activity andymhancock@gmail.com - 2012-06-12 23:23 -0700
csiph-web