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by **liljim** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 10:25 pm

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.

by **antikz** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 11:43 pm

cheers i will give it a go

by **antikz** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:19 am

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 :love:

by **liljim** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:35 am

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.

by **antikz** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 12:16 pm

by **Gavax** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:17 pm

by **antikz** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:09 am

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 :love:

by **Restek** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:59 am

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

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