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--- krzaq <krzakers@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 10/18/05, maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com> |
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> wrote: |
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> > Hello everbody, |
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> > Maxtor suggests I do a low-level format of my |
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> flaky |
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> > Diamond 16 drive using their Powermax tool. |
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> > Unfortunately it doesn't give you the option of |
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> > sparing one partition or the other -- it does the |
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> > whole thing. |
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> > I strongly suspect the problem lies on the first |
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> half |
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> > of the drive where XP-pro used to reside. Is there |
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> a |
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> > way to do a low-level format of part of a drive |
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> while |
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> > leaving the rest intact? |
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> If you have the drive partitioned you can |
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> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdaX |
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> Where hdaX is the partition to zero out. This should |
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> be equivalent to a low level format. |
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Done, but problem remains: the start of the drive |
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seems un-writable for some reason. It won't even let |
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me install Win98!, get |
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run-time error R6003 integer divide by 0sk |
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setup found errors on your hard disk |
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I told the tech at Maxtor that it could boot linux |
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from another drive and *couldn't* boot MS products at |
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all. |
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He says, if the drive has errors then nothing will |
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work. Entire drive must be zeroed. |
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Would a true test involve zeroing the whole thing? I |
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don't see why if the file systems were always intact |
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even when XP-pro was installed(though not booting) on |
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the first half of this 120G HDrive. |
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I wonder if there isn't a tiny part of the drive that |
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comes before the first partition, like those first few |
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grooves on a vinyl record ;-) |
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> PS: |
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> Have you tried running badblocks on it? |
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none found |
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> -- |
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> Regards |
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> Karol Krzak |
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