Grab your Phillips, it's... The Latest from The Screwdriver List!
Actually, if you decide the HD is officially DOA, crack it open, pull out the platters, and dangle them together with some fishing line. (I usually hang them from a pencil, in a row so they can swing freely). They make a very nice sounding windchime....really!! __|__ | | | | 00 00 Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Turba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of The_Screwdriver_List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 12:52 PM Subject: From The Screwdriver List: Re: How to repair MBR > Grab your Phillips, it's... > The Latest from The Screwdriver List! > > > Thanks for all the suggestions. I tried bootdisk.com and some programs that > write directly to the MBR. I tried fips and Norton anti virus etc. The bios > cannot autodetect the drive, and even if I enter the drive parameters it > still does not recognize the drive. I think the drive is FUBAR. The bios > does autodetect other drives with no problem. I will have to trash can the > drive. > Thanks again to everyone. > Jerry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Garry Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Multiple recipients of The_Screwdriver_List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 7:43 PM > Subject: From The Screwdriver List: Re: How to repair MBR > > > > Grab your Phillips, it's... > > The Latest from The Screwdriver List! > > > > > > fdisk /mbr > > > > This will fix the mbr and then it would be wise to delete the partition > and > > re-create it, just to make sure the disk is clean. A good site for you to > > peruse would be www.bootdisk.com. There are several utilities there that > > might be of assistance to you. Scroll down to the Harddrives section and > > beyond. There are some partition deleting utilities that may help. > > > > Good Luck > > > > Cats > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jerry Turba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Multiple recipients of The_Screwdriver_List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 2:27 PM > > Subject: From The Screwdriver List: How to repair MBR > > > > > > > Grab your Phillips, it's... > > > The Latest from The Screwdriver List! > > > > > > > > > I picked up a used hard drive and am having trouble getting it > installed. > > Is > > > there a way to repair the MBR or should I trash it? > > > It is only a 4.3 GB drive and I am sure that my mobo and bios can handle > > it. > > > Bios is Ali Aladdin V, the mobo has AGP port and 2 usb ports and UDMA > 33. > > > When I go to bios to auto detect it only detects the correct parameters > 1 > > in > > > 25 attempts. I have the cylinders and heads and sectors info from the > case > > > of the drive. > > > When the drive is detected and I boot to dos and run fdisk it sees a non > > dos > > > partition. I delete the non dos partition but fdisk cannot create a new > > dos > > > partition. After that it cannot even detect the drive. If I check again > > the > > > non dos partition is still present.. > > > I have a program from Seagate, the drives mfr., to install drives, it > will > > > get to the final step of creating a new partition and say there is a > > serious > > > problem with the MBR and cannot continue error 8001H. > > > I have another utility MBRtool. It reads the MBR and allows me to edit > it > > > but I do not know how. It has a switch to write a wintel MBR to the > drive > > > and to completely wipe the mbr but every time I try it, it says it > cannot > > > read the mbr. > > > I have tried norton rescue disk but it cannot detect the drive. > > > Where do I go from here? > > > TIA > > > Jerry Turba > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > That's all for now from The Screwdriver List > > > "Red Stripe to Pin 1" > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > That's all for now from The Screwdriver List > > "Red Stripe to Pin 1" > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > That's all for now from The Screwdriver List > "Red Stripe to Pin 1" > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ That's all for now from The Screwdriver List "Red Stripe to Pin 1" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
