16hours?!?!?!?! My 1tb Green drives took about 4 hours doing a full format.
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Originally posted by Starscream View Post... just to keep some hipster from crying into his latte because the drive doesn't "Just Work".[SIZE=1][B]"Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption." ~President James Garfield[/B][/SIZE]
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Originally posted by juneau View Post16hours?!?!?!?! My 1tb Green drives took about 4 hours doing a full format.[url=http://www.enjin.com/bf3-signature-generator][img]http://sigs.enjin.com/sig-bf3/1fad512dc784c11c.png[/img][/url]
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Originally posted by DougBob View PostI've never had to try cancelling a drive format other than a quick format. Usually I use convert to convert a fat to ntfs.
After doing some checking I recommend you let it run it's course. I would not take the risk unless you are very savvy on these sort of things and can take the drive out of the ext. case if something goes wrong.
I guess it's just going to take a long time for it to complete. Sorry![url=http://www.enjin.com/bf3-signature-generator][img]http://sigs.enjin.com/sig-bf3/1fad512dc784c11c.png[/img][/url]
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