I've also noticed this when an old HD is switched-out with a new one, but
the new drive parameters were not correctly entered or idendified in/by
the CMOS.  Go into the CMOS settings (pressing the "DEL" key during
bootup on most computers) and see if there is a method for auto-detecting
the hard drive parameters.  If there is, use it, then try repartitioning
and reformatting again.

-JOWj.

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On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Bob Wright wrote:

> At 01:52 PM 2/5/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >I'm trying to format a West. Digital small
> > (around 600 mb)drive and when I get up to
> > 90% or so it stops and says:
> >"trying to recover allocation unit"
> > then counts up from 37,835 or so and them
> > aborts format. I've done it about 5 times.
> >
> > Is this drive dead?
>
> I would try removing and installing a new partion
> on the drive.  Then try formatting again.  If you
> get the same results...  the drive is toast!
>
>   Bob
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