Power cuts out when formatting hard drive

hammy711

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sorry i forgot to add..acer travelmate 4320..ive tried to format with xp vista and windows 7 professional..and the power cuts out at different stages of the formatting..especially when the disc drive starts to speed up..im ready for launching it down the street..is there a fix for this.?anyone please..
 

bkoop

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If you can boot from a 64Gb USB Flash Drive (in the bios) that might save your computer from the trash, if no one else has a fix for your hard drive problem.

Do you have an external hard drive you could connect to the USB port and try that?