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HDD diagnostic finds no errors
Name: signpainter Date: August 31, 2004 at 11:04:26 Pacific OS: Win98 CPU/Ram: 1.5gzathlon\256 ram
Comment:
I posted earlier about not being able to boot and it was suggested to download and run the diagnostic utility for the hard drive. I did and both the quick test and extended test state that no errors are found. What should I do now? Should I write zeros to drive (quick or extended)? Any suggestions please. Thanks Linda
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: August 31, 2004 at 11:54:58 Pacific
Reply:
Since it looks like all the data is gone anyway, writing zeros to the drive won't hurt. When it's done, run fdisk, Y to large disk support, then option 4. Post back exactly what it says there.
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Response Number 2
Name: Dan Penny Date: August 31, 2004 at 14:09:41 Pacific
Reply:
Did fdisk/status find the drive given that cmos did?
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