Roger, Goto Western Digital and DL Data Lifeguard. This has the diagnostic and install tools to install, format & check drives.
Ed -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Roger Carnell wrote: >Hello, > >I purchased a Western Digital Caviar 4.3 drive about a yr. ago and was finally >going to use it as an additional drive in my system. When I purchased it, they >said it was a new system pull (that was upgraded) and was formatted to DOS. To >prepare the drive, (partition and format), I removed my original master drive >and installed this one. When i boot up, it says its detecting the drive but >never finds it. I went into the CMOS Setup and tried to detect it in there >also but it didn't. I had a couple other drives laying around and it would >detect them right away. I'm pretty sure this drive is no good but just wanted >to ask. The drive does spin up as I can hear it and feel it. The date on the >drive is Oct. 7, 2000. I have the jumper set to master. Have any of you been >able to get a drive like this to work in some way, shape or form? I know its >just a little drive and i should just probably throw it. It appears WD has >changed the warranty and dropped it to 1 yr. on the Caviar drives. so probably >no chance there. Just wondering... > >Roger Carnell >Owner >RCTV >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
