Call to int 0*21, o*440d 0*60, failed error of . this error is coming in my pc while formatting c drive.?

how to resolve this. can i use fdisk command for formatting. if yes how . i have tried but in vain .i removed all primary, extended dos , non dos drive . but is not deleting the c drive. can sombody help me. i need it urgent.

Call to int 0*21, o*440d 0*60, failed error of . this error is coming in my pc while formatting c drive.?
I'd run the diags from the HD manufacturer to make sure that the HD is okay. IT sounds like it might be a hardware failure.





It also could be a virus. I haven't seen a boot sector virus in years, but that might explain the int21 error. Stick that HD in a "clean" (no viruses) computer and make sure.





Come to think of it, I'd put that HD in another computer and try to fdisk and format from that computer. IF you can fdisk and format, then you might have a bad motherboard on your computer. If you get the same errors, and there is no virus, then I'm thinking it's a dead HD (which you'd see with the HD diags).





You don't format with FDisk. You format with Format.exe, or via the Windows Explorer interface (right-click, format) You run FDisk to make a partition, then your run Format to format it.
Reply:ok, there may be physical damage to the drive which is preventing it from formating.





If you are having this many problems formating do you really think you can trust your information on it? and that is won't just die in a few weeks and loose everything?





If you really want to format it there are some low level programs to do a security format, which write 1010101010101 to the complete disk this will remove some problems.





Here is a website which lists most major manufacturers disk utilities:





http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid...





find the write program for your drive and run it prior to loading an os on it and going futher. If you spend your time loading data onto a dying drive you will be very dissapointed. This time of year I think you can pick up a couple HUNDRED Gig for under 100$ so I recommend picking up a new drive and not risking a bad hard drive.

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