Posted by Bob on October 07, 19100 at 14:40:03:
In Reply to: DAN Re: Conner CT204 Format Problem posted by DAN on October 07, 19100 at 11:55:27:
I do have another question, you mentioned a disk utility to write zero's to the boot sector. Any recommendations on a source for thoes types of utilities. Also, are programs like partition magic worth it. I am playing with three machines on a local net. winnt 4.0 workstation - win95 dual boot, winnt server, and win98 se. I load, unload, change formats etc., no data, so not concerned about loosing data on disks.
Thanks, Bob Terry
: 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!