Why does Windows NT give an error stating that there is no valid partition or hangs while formatting a partition?

Refer to A-09 above for hard drive troubleshooting information. Make certain that a valid primary MS-DOS partition exists on the drive. One can be created using the Windows NT Setup or via the MS-DOS FDISK utility. Make certain that that the hard drives does not have caching enabled. Set drive controllers that have caching capabilities to Write Through, not Write Back. If necessary, format the drive to approximately 5-10 MB less than the actual size of the first selected partition.

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