Hello i have a old p 166 im trying to get running. I had 98 installed but it was getting alot of illegal errors and then it got some kind of error that would not let be start windows along with a illegal error from exploer. So i formatted the drive. But it still has bad sectors and needs to be fixed. Can someone please help? Its a 10 gig WD Harddrive. I got software from WD but it don't work. Please don't reply with software from WD is the only thing there has got to be something else. What about a program like east tech earaser? Computer 1 Server Intel P4 1.8 Ghz 256 Mb Ram Windows XP Pro 40 Gig 52X CDRW Floppy ========================= Computer 2 Bedroom P166 80 Mb Ram Windows 98 SE 10

Face it. Sometimes a drive is beyond recovery. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you feed him for life.

"I got software from WD but it don't work" Are you sure you got the RIGHT software from WDC? Do you know how to use it? You have to create a bootable floppy, boot off it, then run the diagnostics from DOS. Try DLG Diagnostic or Data Lifeguard v11.0 for DOS: http://support.wdc.com/download/ You 'may' be able to save the drive by doing a repair or a low-level format (write zeros)...then again, as Richard59 said, "Sometimes a drive is beyond recovery" Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @8x210mhz 512mb PC3200 Ti4200/8X 128mb WDC 60GB

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