Unable to delete data or format or partitioning samsung HDD

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You'll need to debug your Hard disk to remove your partitions, you will be also needing windows 98 as your temp. OS to the debugging

See microsoft issue regarding "Debugging a hard disk" for you to be guided accordingly

Try formatting / partitioning the drive with windows xp setup / installation cd. If you are trying to format or delete partition in windows and its your c: drive you will not be able to do that.

Although A format could help it sounds more like you have some bad sectors on the harddrive.

Right click on the drive, select properties, then select the tools menu and initiate a disk check. it will give you an option screen before it proceeds, select the option to scan for a recover bad sectors/clusters. This will write off and mark the bad sectors so they will not be used again. If the problem comes back again soon then your palette media is failing and you should replace the drive.

Good luck and let us know how you make out,

Chris

please use dm or partition manager

hi first off what OS (operating system) is installed. Did you install that OS?
If the answer is yes ,did you format and partition your hdd or did you format and create separate partitions and left atleast 30 gb unpartition

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Thanks

Maybe the pins on the inside are disconnected happened to my dads harddrive

you seem to have a hidden partition Have you used FDISK ? this can be downloaded just do a search You then need to remove all partitions - you seem to have only formatted part of the drive.