Out of options with clearing my hard drive
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 4:44 pmHello everyone,
Got a interesting problem, I have a computer that I have been trying just about everything I can to fix. Basicly what I am trying to do is completly wipe the hard drive so i can start from stratch. The problem is that every time I run scandisk on the drive it reports that there are 524,288 bytes of data have been found on the drive which is probley just lost files or Directories , or it tells me that the free space is being reported incorrectly . I have tried re-formatting and Removing all partitions and adding them again. When that did not work I assumed that It was possible a virus and was resident in the Boot Sector so I preformed a FIDSK /MBR then SYS C: from a boot floppy, then re-formated just in case. When I rebooted from my boot disk , and ran a scandisk the error was still there. I am out if options on what to do next , and I a hoping someone can give me a step in the correct direction in which to follow next.
Many Thanks,
Scorpnstail
Got a interesting problem, I have a computer that I have been trying just about everything I can to fix. Basicly what I am trying to do is completly wipe the hard drive so i can start from stratch. The problem is that every time I run scandisk on the drive it reports that there are 524,288 bytes of data have been found on the drive which is probley just lost files or Directories , or it tells me that the free space is being reported incorrectly . I have tried re-formatting and Removing all partitions and adding them again. When that did not work I assumed that It was possible a virus and was resident in the Boot Sector so I preformed a FIDSK /MBR then SYS C: from a boot floppy, then re-formated just in case. When I rebooted from my boot disk , and ran a scandisk the error was still there. I am out if options on what to do next , and I a hoping someone can give me a step in the correct direction in which to follow next.
Many Thanks,
Scorpnstail