FDISK drive Integrity

[finny]

I got a Brand New Raptor HDD and im trying to format it.

However when i run FDISK to create a partition it never
passes beyond 0% and always stays at 'Verifying Drive Intergrity'

What could be the reason for this and what do i need to do? :confused:

[Ice Czar]

no driver?

just go for the install, and format it with the install CD
when prompted if youd like to install additional SCSI driver press F6
do so and install the SATA drivers that came with the board

if you have already installed an OS (and the SATA drivers)
format the drive through Disk Management
Start > Run > (type) diskmgmt.msc > Rclick unallocated space > Partition and Format

review the manual for BIOS options or jumpers on the mobo that might effect the SATA port (especially important if your planning to boot to it)

[finny]

Im actaully building a new system....

I have the following :

WD Raptor 37 HDD
Abit Is-7 Motherboard

I cant install an OS because I just cant make a partition thru Fdisk...
Whenver i try to make a partition it stays stuck at 0% on Verifying Drive Integrity....
This is the first time i have came across a problme like this?
Could the drive be faulty? cause the last one was, and i have it RMA'ed

:confused:

[Ice Czar]

access the BIOS and change the boot order to CDROM first and SCSI second
boot to the OS install CD, it allows you to partition from there
it will prompt you for the additional SCSI Drivers
(watch the text at the bottom)

we are talking W2K\XP right?

[E4g1e]

FYI, the program FDISK (a holdover from the bad old days of MS-DOS) is included only with Windows 9x and Windows Me. The version of the partitioning program for Windows 2000 and Windows XP is called DISKPART. And the native ICH5 SATA controller works only in Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Were you trying to use a Windows 98 or Windows Me startup boot disk to format your SATA hard drive? If this is the case, then it will not work at all, since there are no drivers for the Intel SATA controller that will work at all in DOS. Any hard drive that's connected to the Intel SATA controller requires the partitioning and formatting to be done using the native Windows 2000/XP versions of the partitioning and formatting programs, with the SATA drivers loaded into your system.

[E4g1e]

FYI, the program FDISK (a holdover from the bad old days of MS-DOS) is included only with Windows 9x and Windows Me. The version of the partitioning program for Windows 2000 and Windows XP is called DISKPART. And the native ICH5 SATA controller works only in Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Were you trying to use a Windows 98 or Windows Me startup boot disk to format your SATA hard drive? If this is the case, then it will not work at all, since there are no drivers for the Intel SATA controller that will work at all in DOS. Any hard drive that's connected to the Intel SATA controller requires the partitioning and formatting to be done using the native Windows 2000/XP versions of the partitioning and formatting programs, with the SATA drivers loaded into your system.
Mea culpa... :o

I think I know why FDISK wouldn't format your SATA hard drive:
FDISK is, indeed, from the Win98/WinMe era. And those operating systems cannot support more than two SATA/PATA channels total. And unlike the Silicon Image SATA controller (which is treated as a SCSI device), the Intel 865PE and 875P chipsets' "southbridges" (the ICH5/ICH5R) treat the SATA channels as additional IDE channels for the purposes of Windows installation. Thus, if you have any ATAPI (IDE) CD/DVD drives connected, and you're trying to format your SATA hard drive using the old Windows Me version of FDISK/FORMAT, then you'll have to set the drive configuration to "Legacy" mode, which will disable two of the IDE/SATA channels of any combination. (The BIOS drive configuration is set to "Enhanced" mode by default, which leaves all four IDE/SATA channels enabled.) If your BIOS has no such setting, but instead lets you disable individual IDE/SATA channels, then try to disable one of the SATA ports and one of the IDE ports in the BIOS.

As for the Intel SATA controller being compatible only with Windows 2000/XP, it applies only to the RAID functions of that ICH5R controller. This means that you cannot use RAID on Win98/Me-based systems.

Hope this clears up any confusion,
E4g1e

[Ice Czar]

Interesting

and to muddy the waters again :p

SATA
Serial ATA in the Microsoft Operating System Environment (http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/tech/storage/serialata_faq.mspx)

including:
The Significance of Serial ATA
The Different Modes of Serial ATA Controllers
Serial ATA 1.0 Features and Details
Emulating Parallel ATA Mode
Native Serial ATA Mode
SATA II Features and Details
Serial ATA Hardware Register Interface
Naming Conventions for Serial ATA Products
Support for Serial ATA in Windows
Ataport
Serial ATA Emulating Parallel ATA Mode Controller Support in the Windows Family of Operating Systems
Native Serial ATA Mode Controller Support in Future Versions of Windows
Emulating Parallel ATA Mode Controller Program
Identifying Emulating Parallel ATA Mode and Native Serial ATA Mode Controllers
Multiple Controllers in a System
Booting from the Different Modes of Serial ATA
Serial ATA as an External Connection
Hot Plugging
Hard Disk Drive Capacity Limitations on Serial ATA
CD-ROM Opportunities

and

BIOS Settings for Native-Mode-Capable ATA Controllers (http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/tech/storage/Native-modeATA.mspx)

also located in the Storage FAQ > Advanced HDD Issues Linkfarm > SATA section