strange harddrive problems, I need help! - Page 2

4thwall · 04-12-2007, 07:00 PM

Yeah I was....*thinks YES, I can blame windows for the problem, not linux!*

**linderman** · 04-12-2007, 07:03 PM

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD

4thwall · 04-12-2007, 10:10 PM

Well, I wiped the 30 gb drive with dba.
SetMaxAdressExt came up when i tried 2 reset it to its original capacity. I have SMART enabled.

4thwall · 04-12-2007, 10:18 PM

Short test found no problems, time for long test. Im also thinking of getting something 2 destroy the MBR.

4thwall · 04-13-2007, 04:45 AM

Long test found no problems...

**linderman** · 04-13-2007, 06:07 AM

you may need to hook the drive up as slave to another computer that is running win XP

then enter the disk management console and give us a screen shot of what it shows

while in DM; try to revert the drive back to basic disk

if successful; then you can wipe the entire drive and set it up correctly as BASIC disk. But I much favor the Disk Wizard for setting up partitions and formatting

4thwall · 04-13-2007, 08:35 AM

*brain stops...* Other computer? Any other options?

**linderman** · 04-13-2007, 09:53 AM

The only sugestion I can think of involves getting Boot n Nuke to work

can you install a floppy drive in the system / floppies are dirt cheap now ???

You may get lucky by booting into the windows recovery console, and using diskpart >>>> delete any partitions you can find on the drive

here are the commands & explanations for recovery console

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true

then re-run kill disk until you can wipe the WHOLE drive

4thwall · 04-13-2007, 01:30 PM

I did delete anything on the drive with about 5 programs, and a quick nuke from DBA. I might be able to go to a friends house and put my hardrive in there. Any other ideas? The hardrive seems to keep only 30 gb availdable to wipe and the rest hidden from the program.

**linderman** · 04-13-2007, 02:37 PM

its hard to tell because I have only used Dynamic disks twice before; they are a pain in the butt; but each time I had to delete the dynamic disk from within disk management I was hoping dban boot and nuke would see the whole drive and zero fill it. The dynamic disk is treated like individual drives

4thwall · 04-13-2007, 02:45 PM

I didn't even know I made them, I just know that I probably did something mbr related. I can go to a friends house and put my hardrive in there. Anything I shold do via windows that can brings it all back together and unified into one harddrive?

**linderman** · 04-13-2007, 03:19 PM

once you are within disk management post a screen shot of your disk management screen

if you want to review a guide on how to use disk management (see my signature links)

the screen shot should look just like the ones I posted within the guide

from there we can proceed

are you familiar with how to post a screen shot ????

**linderman** · 04-13-2007, 05:25 PM

http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...tml#post862191

4thwall · 04-13-2007, 05:51 PM

I know how to do both, ill have a screen in about a day or 2 but ill need aquick response when i do. oh yeah i installed mandriva.

**linderman** · 04-13-2007, 06:02 PM

you installed an OS on the drive you need to totally wipe and erase in order to achieve the full drive usability ? OK

how do you like it ????? are there any linux tools that may assist you during the drive space recovery ? I am not familiar with linux at all

4thwall · 04-13-2007, 06:21 PM

I wanted to check the hd's health, mandriva is easy to delete, it'll take only about 3 minutes. Plus its simpler then freespire & ubuntu partition wise. Don't worry about it, I'll just format the drive before I go on my friends computer tommorow..I have allot of experiance with mandriva and ubuntu (I don't know the problems windows & freespire can cause harddrive wise). Its just freespire wouldn't install a while before and I was worried so I tested it.

**linderman** · 04-13-2007, 06:23 PM

I was just curious, as I said I have no experience with it and was wondering if you found some cool voo-doo

4thwall · 04-13-2007, 06:30 PM

Most linux are allot simpler then windows, you should try some, ya know dual boot.

**linderman** · 04-13-2007, 06:31 PM

what a weird yet lucky and strange oppurtunity

look at this screen shot of a fellas system while using disk managment

Simple Question - Disk Management Partition

thats what you need to do; see where the menu says "convert to basic disk"

thats what need to be done [look carefully at the description of Disk 1 under Disk 0 ]

4thwall · 04-13-2007, 06:42 PM

Ive been on that window before thanks! Try linux mint "Bianca", i recommend it if ure new to linux.

04-12-2007, 07:00 PM	#21 (permalink)
4thwall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 38 OS: XP+Freespire+Ubuntu+Mandriva+etcetc	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! Yeah I was....thinks YES, I can blame windows for the problem, not linux!

04-12-2007, 07:03 PM	#22 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,402 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

04-12-2007, 10:10 PM	#23 (permalink)
4thwall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 38 OS: XP+Freespire+Ubuntu+Mandriva+etcetc	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! Well, I wiped the 30 gb drive with dba. SetMaxAdressExt came up when i tried 2 reset it to its original capacity. I have SMART enabled.

04-12-2007, 10:18 PM	#24 (permalink)
4thwall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 38 OS: XP+Freespire+Ubuntu+Mandriva+etcetc	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! Short test found no problems, time for long test. Im also thinking of getting something 2 destroy the MBR.

04-13-2007, 04:45 AM	#25 (permalink)
4thwall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 38 OS: XP+Freespire+Ubuntu+Mandriva+etcetc	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! Long test found no problems...

04-13-2007, 06:07 AM	#26 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,402 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! you may need to hook the drive up as slave to another computer that is running win XP then enter the disk management console and give us a screen shot of what it shows while in DM; try to revert the drive back to basic disk if successful; then you can wipe the entire drive and set it up correctly as BASIC disk. But I much favor the Disk Wizard for setting up partitions and formatting __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

04-13-2007, 08:35 AM	#27 (permalink)
4thwall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 38 OS: XP+Freespire+Ubuntu+Mandriva+etcetc	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! brain stops... Other computer? Any other options?

04-13-2007, 09:53 AM	#28 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,402 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! The only sugestion I can think of involves getting Boot n Nuke to work can you install a floppy drive in the system / floppies are dirt cheap now ??? You may get lucky by booting into the windows recovery console, and using diskpart >>>> delete any partitions you can find on the drive here are the commands & explanations for recovery console http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true then re-run kill disk until you can wipe the WHOLE drive __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 04-13-2007 at 09:56 AM.

04-13-2007, 01:30 PM	#29 (permalink)
4thwall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 38 OS: XP+Freespire+Ubuntu+Mandriva+etcetc	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! I did delete anything on the drive with about 5 programs, and a quick nuke from DBA. I might be able to go to a friends house and put my hardrive in there. Any other ideas? The hardrive seems to keep only 30 gb availdable to wipe and the rest hidden from the program.

04-13-2007, 02:37 PM	#30 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,402 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! its hard to tell because I have only used Dynamic disks twice before; they are a pain in the butt; but each time I had to delete the dynamic disk from within disk management I was hoping dban boot and nuke would see the whole drive and zero fill it. The dynamic disk is treated like individual drives __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

04-13-2007, 02:45 PM	#31 (permalink)
4thwall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 38 OS: XP+Freespire+Ubuntu+Mandriva+etcetc	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! I didn't even know I made them, I just know that I probably did something mbr related. I can go to a friends house and put my hardrive in there. Anything I shold do via windows that can brings it all back together and unified into one harddrive?

04-13-2007, 03:19 PM	#32 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,402 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! once you are within disk management post a screen shot of your disk management screen if you want to review a guide on how to use disk management (see my signature links) the screen shot should look just like the ones I posted within the guide from there we can proceed are you familiar with how to post a screen shot ???? __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

04-13-2007, 05:25 PM	#33 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,402 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...tml#post862191 __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

04-13-2007, 05:51 PM	#34 (permalink)
4thwall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 38 OS: XP+Freespire+Ubuntu+Mandriva+etcetc	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! I know how to do both, ill have a screen in about a day or 2 but ill need aquick response when i do. oh yeah i installed mandriva.

04-13-2007, 06:02 PM	#35 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,402 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! you installed an OS on the drive you need to totally wipe and erase in order to achieve the full drive usability ? OK how do you like it ????? are there any linux tools that may assist you during the drive space recovery ? I am not familiar with linux at all __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

04-13-2007, 06:21 PM	#36 (permalink)
4thwall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 38 OS: XP+Freespire+Ubuntu+Mandriva+etcetc	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! I wanted to check the hd's health, mandriva is easy to delete, it'll take only about 3 minutes. Plus its simpler then freespire & ubuntu partition wise. Don't worry about it, I'll just format the drive before I go on my friends computer tommorow..I have allot of experiance with mandriva and ubuntu (I don't know the problems windows & freespire can cause harddrive wise). Its just freespire wouldn't install a while before and I was worried so I tested it. Last edited by 4thwall; 04-13-2007 at 06:24 PM.

04-13-2007, 06:23 PM	#37 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,402 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! I was just curious, as I said I have no experience with it and was wondering if you found some cool voo-doo __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

04-13-2007, 06:30 PM	#38 (permalink)
4thwall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 38 OS: XP+Freespire+Ubuntu+Mandriva+etcetc	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! Most linux are allot simpler then windows, you should try some, ya know dual boot.

04-13-2007, 06:31 PM	#39 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,402 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! what a weird yet lucky and strange oppurtunity look at this screen shot of a fellas system while using disk managment Simple Question - Disk Management Partition thats what you need to do; see where the menu says "convert to basic disk" thats what need to be done [look carefully at the description of Disk 1 under Disk 0 ] __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 04-13-2007 at 06:36 PM.

04-13-2007, 06:42 PM	#40 (permalink)
4thwall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 38 OS: XP+Freespire+Ubuntu+Mandriva+etcetc	Re: strange harddrive problems, I need help! Ive been on that window before thanks! Try linux mint "Bianca", i recommend it if ure new to linux.