Try fdisk /status and see what it says - report back

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Jon Hildrum
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Jon_Hildrum@msn.com
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> I've fdisked a drive (40GB) and erased the primary Dos
> partition successfully. When I try to create a new partion
> the verification process semms to hang, never getting
> beyond 0%. Does this mean the disc is damaged or has been
> formatted by some other utility?