Hard drive help

blueraider · 12-15-2008, 12:54 PM

hey everyone, i have a bit of a problem. I order a harddrive through 3btech.net, it is a ide hd from magnetic data technologies. when i try to install a fresh copy of windows, i go through all the jazz, press f8 for the user agreement, but when i get to the screen to choose my partition i get cannot access disk, i'm not sure if its a bad hd or a bad sector since bios dectects it. i don't have a floppy to creat a boot disk from so any suggestions will be helpful.

**vladimirb** · 12-15-2008, 01:11 PM

Hello there...
First thing you should check are jumpers... Do you have any other devices on IDE cable with HDD, or you are using HDD only on one IDE cable???
Second, enter BIOS and check if HDD is visible...
Third thing [if you see HDD in BIOS] what is make/model of your HDD???
Visit manufacturers Web Site, download testing tools and test your HDD for possible bad sectors...
Keep us posted...

blueraider · 12-15-2008, 01:21 PM

well, i tried jumpers on both c/s and master, the other part of the cable are connected to the cd and dvd burners. i do see the hdd in bios and the hdd is from magnetic data technologies, model md02000-bjbw. is their another way i can make a boot disk with out using a floppy. the site only allows that.

**vladimirb** · 12-15-2008, 01:30 PM

Use this tool:

http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/

I am personally using this tool and it is awesome...
Burn ISO image on CD, boot with this tool...
It will load MHDD interface...
Choose number where is your HDD and hit enter...
Type 'Scan' and hit Enter...
Hold 'Ctrl' and hit Enter one more time...
It will scan HDD. You can see on interface if there are some slow or bad sectors...
Just remember that this tool can not see slave drives, so make sure HDD is set to master...
Keep us posted...

**raptor_pa** · 12-15-2008, 01:54 PM

When you say the other part of the cable, the same ribbon cable is on the CD/DVD? Or another Ribbon cable. Sounds like you are trying to attach to the Secondary IDE cable, try master on teh primary IDE cable.

blueraider · 12-15-2008, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raptor_pa

When you say the other part of the cable, the same ribbon cable is on the CD/DVD? Or another Ribbon cable. Sounds like you are trying to attach to the Secondary IDE cable, try master on teh primary IDE cable.

hdd is on the master part of the cable, and i get OS error when the program trys to load

blueraider · 12-16-2008, 06:28 AM

I think its just a bad HDD guys, i am just going to send it back and get a replacement. Thanks for all the help.

dai · 12-16-2008, 07:14 AM

if there is another drive on the cable check it is jumpered to slave
and it is a 80 wire cable with
blue,grey and black plugs

12-15-2008, 12:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
blueraider Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 11 OS: xp pro sp3	Hard drive help hey everyone, i have a bit of a problem. I order a harddrive through 3btech.net, it is a ide hd from magnetic data technologies. when i try to install a fresh copy of windows, i go through all the jazz, press f8 for the user agreement, but when i get to the screen to choose my partition i get cannot access disk, i'm not sure if its a bad hd or a bad sector since bios dectects it. i don't have a floppy to creat a boot disk from so any suggestions will be helpful.

12-15-2008, 01:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
vladimirb Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Banja Luka, Serb Republic Posts: 3,683 OS: xp pro sp3, Server 2003, Windows 7 Professional x64bit My System	Re: Hard drive help Hello there... First thing you should check are jumpers... Do you have any other devices on IDE cable with HDD, or you are using HDD only on one IDE cable??? Second, enter BIOS and check if HDD is visible... Third thing [if you see HDD in BIOS] what is make/model of your HDD??? Visit manufacturers Web Site, download testing tools and test your HDD for possible bad sectors... Keep us posted... __________________ MCP - MCSA Cisco SMB Account Manager

12-15-2008, 01:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
blueraider Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 11 OS: xp pro sp3	Re: Hard drive help well, i tried jumpers on both c/s and master, the other part of the cable are connected to the cd and dvd burners. i do see the hdd in bios and the hdd is from magnetic data technologies, model md02000-bjbw. is their another way i can make a boot disk with out using a floppy. the site only allows that. Last edited by blueraider; 12-15-2008 at 01:23 PM.

12-15-2008, 01:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
vladimirb Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Banja Luka, Serb Republic Posts: 3,683 OS: xp pro sp3, Server 2003, Windows 7 Professional x64bit My System	Re: Hard drive help Use this tool: http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/ I am personally using this tool and it is awesome... Burn ISO image on CD, boot with this tool... It will load MHDD interface... Choose number where is your HDD and hit enter... Type 'Scan' and hit Enter... Hold 'Ctrl' and hit Enter one more time... It will scan HDD. You can see on interface if there are some slow or bad sectors... Just remember that this tool can not see slave drives, so make sure HDD is set to master... Keep us posted... __________________ MCP - MCSA Cisco SMB Account Manager

12-15-2008, 01:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,863 OS: XP	Re: Hard drive help When you say the other part of the cable, the same ribbon cable is on the CD/DVD? Or another Ribbon cable. Sounds like you are trying to attach to the Secondary IDE cable, try master on teh primary IDE cable.

12-16-2008, 06:28 AM	#7 (permalink)
blueraider Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 11 OS: xp pro sp3	Re: Hard drive help I think its just a bad HDD guys, i am just going to send it back and get a replacement. Thanks for all the help.

12-16-2008, 07:14 AM	#8 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,658 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Hard drive help if there is another drive on the cable check it is jumpered to slave and it is a 80 wire cable with blue,grey and black plugs __________________