Posted by DAN on October 07, 19100 at 11:55:27:
In Reply to: Conner CT204 Format Problem posted by Bob on October 06, 19100 at 14:13:16:
SOUNDS SERIOUS,,BUT TRY,,TYPING THE FLOWING
FROM THE A: PROMPT AFTER BOOTING OFF A:,,TYPE
FDISK [SPACE] /MBR AND HIT ENTER
THIS ERASES ANYTHING IN THE BOOT SECTOR,,
IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO A UTILITY THAT CAN ERASE THE FITST 12 CYLINDERS THAT COULD SOLVE A COROUPT MBR OR REMOVE A BOOTSECTOR VIRUS,,
I WOULD ALSO TRY RUNNING FDISK DELETING
ALL PARTITIONS AND CREATING ONE PARTITION TO SEE
IF YOUR PROBLEM GOES AWAY,,CONNER WAS A VERY GOOD HARD DRIVE BUT THE HAVE NOT BEEN IN BUISNESS FOR SEVERAL YEARS MEANING YOUR DRIVE IS SEVERAL YEARS OLD..IT MAY BE BAD,,TRY RUNNING SCANDISK ON IT ALSO,,TRY SETTING IT UP ON A DIFFERENT COMPUTER,,
BUT KEEP IN MIND THERE MAY BE A BAD SECTOR IN TRACK 0..IF SO THE DRIVE IS BAD
DAN
: I am trying to reformat a conner 4.3 G HD. Have run fdisk and put three partitions, c: 1024, d: 2048, and e: remainder.
: When I execute format c: /s i receive the following error:
: Invalid media or Track 0 bad - disk unusable.
: Format terminated.
: Format works well on the other two partitions, d and e.
: any help would be greatly appreciated!