reformat external

Discussion in 'Software' started by wmarkj, Nov 19, 2008.

  1. wmarkj

    wmarkj Sergeant

    Trying to reformat external drive. Going to disk management in Win XP, get the error "the dependency service or group failed". Tried merging the diskmgmt.reg files as suggested on Microsoft website to no avail. Any help appreciated.
     
    wmarkj, Nov 19, 2008
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Have you in the past tweaked the services list? if so or even to check you need in Disk Managment the Plug n Play, Logical Disk Manager, Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service and Remote Procedure Call (RPC), and make sure their Started and Startup Type is Automatic, reboot and try again.

    Can you format via Explorer, open My Computer and right click > Format Drive?


    What drive is it and have you checked if maker has format utility, some do.
     
    DavidGP, Nov 19, 2008
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  3. wmarkj

    wmarkj Sergeant

    thanks for reply. Haven't tweaked services, don't know how to put the D Mgmt, plug n play, logistical d manager etc into place or ensure them to be in startup. I have a 1 Terabyte Maxtor Onetouch4 external drive. Have tried all their suggestions to resolve the issue of "win failing to write" error. Tried to reformat using Explorer, but it would go for hours and not succeed. Maxtor tech support wanted me to do this thru disk mgmt.
     
    wmarkj, Nov 19, 2008
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  4. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Click Start > Run and type services and hit enter, then look down the list for those services I mentioned, and double click the first one found and this brings up the properties page, and you will see a Start button (click that to start the service if not already started) then you will see a title called Startup Type and a dropdown list choose Automatic and then click apply, do this will all of them if found.

    Reboot and try again.
     
    DavidGP, Nov 19, 2008
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  5. wmarkj

    wmarkj Sergeant

    When I click Start > Run, and type services and hit enter, nothing happens.
     
    wmarkj, Nov 19, 2008
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  6. wmarkj

    wmarkj Sergeant

    Are you certain the command to type is services? Thanks.
     
    wmarkj, Nov 19, 2008
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  7. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Almost positive as use it daily, but likely try this in XP as it may not just like services but services.msc (note the dot between services and msc) if that doesnt work then goto Control Panel > Administrative Tools and Services is listed there.
     
    DavidGP, Nov 19, 2008
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  8. wmarkj

    wmarkj Sergeant

    Thanks. Will look at this tomorrow more and let you know. I did find that Local Disk Manager Administrative is listed as manual.
     
    wmarkj, Nov 19, 2008
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