im having the same problem
I really want to know what could be done to this input/output error!

One thing i noticed though, in that hard drive info at the bottom, it says SMART Status - Not Supported! Is that the reason our drives cannot be formatted/partitioned or erased?
Im just guessing here!
Someone help!!

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HP Pavillion dv6500
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-53
Motherboard Manufacturer - Quanta, Model - 30CF
Chipset and Southbridge - NVIDIA nForce 560
BIOS: Brand - HP, Version - F.07, Date - 08/09/2007
Memory: 1024 MB DDR2
GPU - Standard VGA Graphics Adapter A1