Posted by DAN on December 21, 19101 at 21:28:32:
In Reply to: Fujitsu MPB3043AT in weird state posted by Wayne on November 24, 19101 at 11:18:05:
EACH STEP BELOW IS BOOTING OFF BOOT DISK
THAT HAS FDISK.EXE AND FORMAT.COM
AND SYS.EXE ON IT.
THE COMMAND FDISK [SPACE] MBR [HIT ENTER ]
ERASES THE MASTER BOOT RECORD,THIS IS DONE BY
BOOTING WITH A SYSTEM BOOTABLE DISK THAT HAS FDISK.EXE ON IT.
YOU WILL SEE NOTHING HAPPEN,,IT DOES.
YOU WOULD THEN REBOOT AND TRY TO RUN FDISK AGAIN DELETING ALL PARTITIONS ,THEN SELECT OPTON 2
AND MAKE C: ACTIVE,,,THEN REBOOT AGAIN AND FORMAT THE HARD DRIVE,,THEN TYPE SYS [ SPACE ] C:
THIS WILL MAKE THE DRIVE BOOTABLE WITH THE FLOPPY.
IF IT'S A BAD DRIVE YOU WILL GET FAIL ERRORS
BEFORE YOU GET THIS FAR.
IF IT'S A BAD DRIVE,,NOTHING WILL FIX IT..,,
THERE IS A VIRUS THAT COULD CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS
RUNNING FDISK,,BUT IT'S AN OLD ONE AND VERY RARE.
DAN
: I have a 4GB Fujitsu that seems to be in a strange state. I am running Windows 98 and it does show up on My Computer's list, but it shows up as TWO drives (both showing as 4GB). FDISK crashes when trying to look at the drive.
: Any ideas what the problem may be?
: Is there any way to low-level format this drive?
: Wayne