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give seagates a try.Download the "DiscWizard Starter
Edition" then run the program to create a bootable floppy.From there you will be able to "low level format" which means writing zero's to the drive.This software should also let you create and format a ntfs or a fat32 partition.Do this then try your instalation and let us know how it goes.

cheers i will give it a go

i think its safe 2 say that its well and truly knackered.
downloaded and created boot disks for disc wizard which started fine if not a bit slow then got a message saying setting dynamic mode*failed*? then it scrolled too fast and said thankyou for using discwizard press cntrl alt delete to restart which i did and the drive just makes weird clicking noises fortunately its not mine although unfortunate for my friend who looks like will have to buy a new drive. thanks for the help

hummm...ok try .This will test the drive and report any problems.(should have gave you this first).See if it will run and let us know the results.

thanks very much for the info gavax without mening to sound rude the original post states that formatting is exactly what the hard drive wont do i have followed the correct procedure for formatting drive(built 5 pcs this year) but it will not format thanks again for the post though and ne other ideas on the subject greatly appreciated

I think you've pretty much got to the point where you can say it's dead Once a hard disk goes there's not really anything you can do about it