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Thread: why cant i format the "foreign harddisk" ?

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    why cant i format the "foreign harddisk" ?

    after the last firmware-update, i wantet to make, my wl700ge got bricked...
    i wanted to restore at least the data on the original harddrive, so i took filescavenger, but nothing was found - whether damaged sectors (and only some minor data, that looked like a ms-dos-bootdisk)..

    i tried a little bit .. and a bit more .. and more, so now after 2 weeks, i got it back to live ... with a different harddrive (80gb ibm), but it runs again..
    now i wanted to format the hdd via the netinferface, but the box says, cant format the systemdisk - and the disk is called "foreign disk"

    has anyone any sollution for any of my problems please ?

    gern auch in deutsch

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    follow the instructions there:

    http://www.wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=10736

    or there:

    http://www.wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=10509

    i think the internal hd (80gb) isn't right installed.

    grat182

    PS: that works with every hd that you put in if the hd is supported by the router.

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    supportted means only, that the router can recognize (recognice ??) the hdd ?

    thank you

    isnt there any way to et it formatted without changing the firmware several times ?
    anything like an image, that i can put on the hdd while hanging in a computer ?
    Last edited by nice; 30-09-2007 at 10:36.

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    supported --> yes, that the router recognize it (someone here in the forum have tried a hd with 750 gig and it works...)

    no, there is no other solution to format the hd without to put it out.

    grat182

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    ok.. thanks
    do you know any wrt-firmware with a good webinteface ?
    if i have to flash, maybe that i could even stay there, but only using it through telnet and tftp- i think userfriendly is something other

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