Well, this sux!

Lord Dragon · 23-October-03, 07:48 AM

My friend gave me his old pc (specs below) that had a working 60GB WD HD. I reinstalled Win98 SE on it and it worked fine. I put another drive in as master and this drive in as slave. I used partition magic to, well, repartition it and reformat it. It kept bailing out about 1/3 way thru. I finally used fdisk to partition it. I got it formatted and this is what it said when finished.

57,225.38 Total Disk Space
57,225.34 in Bad Sectors
0.04 available on disk

WTF Happened?

Oh, well. At least I'm not out any money.

500mhz PIII
64mb ram
8mb agp graphics card (toast)
nic(10 or 10/100? shrug)
56k modem
17" monitor
soundblaster sound card
printer
usb scanner
win98SE install disk

GlitterKill · 23-October-03, 08:16 AM

Well, it is possible that the MFT on the drive is corrupt. To be honest I am not sure that a partition will wipe that out. I have seen that before. I would try a "low level" format. Some motherboards have the feature built in to do it.

Lord Dragon · 23-October-03, 10:41 AM

I was thinking I'd try that, got nothing to lose.

Ben · 23-October-03, 10:44 AM

I had that happen wiht a 2.1 Gig drive a few days ago. Low level format fixed it.

Vada Fae · 23-October-03, 10:49 AM

If you dont have a autility to low level format, you can get one off the Western Digital site.

Lord Dragon · 24-October-03, 02:35 AM

Ok, I got the data lifeguard tools for dos so I can make a floppy. My problem is I don't have a regular floppy drive, I have a usb floppy that looks like b: and the install wants to put it on a:. Any way aroun this without digging out my old floppy? (sexual inuendos anticipated)

BigAkita · 24-October-03, 06:29 AM

That, Lord Dragon, is why I just chuckle and shake my head at those who constantly cry "The Floppy is Dead!!!" and who ridicule people that haven't thrown theirs away yet. I don't necessarily keep a floppy drive installed in my rigs, but a drive and cable are always nearby for situations like that.

Krostillian · 24-October-03, 06:58 AM

I've had some luck a shareware program called partition zapper ... couldn't hurt. I did leave the floppy out of this last rig >>sigh<< and would ya beleive that I still have a 5.25 drive in the closet?

Lord Dragon · 24-October-03, 07:34 AM

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	Originally posted by BigAkita That, Lord Dragon, is why I just chuckle and shake my head at those who constantly cry "The Floppy is Dead!!!" and who ridicule people that haven't thrown theirs away yet. I don't necessarily keep a floppy drive installed in my rigs, but a drive and cable are always nearby for situations like that.

Yes, I just started to leave floppys out of my rigs. I happen to have a floppy sitting here, I just didn't want to open the case for a one shot deal.

Lord Dragon · 24-October-03, 07:35 AM

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	Originally posted by Krostillian I've had some luck a shareware program called partition zapper ... couldn't hurt. I did leave the floppy out of this last rig >>sigh<< and would ya beleive that I still have a 5.25 drive in the closet?

I'll give it a looksee.

Lord Dragon · 31-October-03, 11:22 AM

The Data Lifeguard tools were corrupt. I ran scandisk and it showed no errors. I removed the other hd from the system and started the win98 se install anyway. It installed and didn't give me any problems about the drive.

I can't figure out what happened but I got a free computer from the deal.

23-October-03, 07:48 AM		#1 (permalink)
Lord Dragon Apex Master Tech	Well, this sux! My friend gave me his old pc (specs below) that had a working 60GB WD HD. I reinstalled Win98 SE on it and it worked fine. I put another drive in as master and this drive in as slave. I used partition magic to, well, repartition it and reformat it. It kept bailing out about 1/3 way thru. I finally used fdisk to partition it. I got it formatted and this is what it said when finished. 57,225.38 Total Disk Space 57,225.34 in Bad Sectors 0.04 available on disk WTF Happened? Oh, well. At least I'm not out any money. 500mhz PIII 64mb ram 8mb agp graphics card (toast) nic(10 or 10/100? shrug) 56k modem 17" monitor soundblaster sound card printer usb scanner win98SE install disk Last edited by Lord Dragon; 23-October-03 at 08:00 AM..

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23-October-03, 08:16 AM		#2 (permalink)
GlitterKill Pimp-of-all-Pimps	Well, it is possible that the MFT on the drive is corrupt. To be honest I am not sure that a partition will wipe that out. I have seen that before. I would try a "low level" format. Some motherboards have the feature built in to do it.

23-October-03, 10:41 AM		#3 (permalink)
Lord Dragon Apex Master Tech	I was thinking I'd try that, got nothing to lose.

23-October-03, 10:44 AM		#4 (permalink)
Ben Mote-Hoe-Cross	I had that happen wiht a 2.1 Gig drive a few days ago. Low level format fixed it.

23-October-03, 10:49 AM		#5 (permalink)
Vada Fae Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme	If you dont have a autility to low level format, you can get one off the Western Digital site.

24-October-03, 02:35 AM		#6 (permalink)
Lord Dragon Apex Master Tech	Ok, I got the data lifeguard tools for dos so I can make a floppy. My problem is I don't have a regular floppy drive, I have a usb floppy that looks like b: and the install wants to put it on a:. Any way aroun this without digging out my old floppy? (sexual inuendos anticipated)

24-October-03, 06:29 AM		#7 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer	That, Lord Dragon, is why I just chuckle and shake my head at those who constantly cry "The Floppy is Dead!!!" and who ridicule people that haven't thrown theirs away yet. I don't necessarily keep a floppy drive installed in my rigs, but a drive and cable are always nearby for situations like that.

24-October-03, 06:58 AM		#8 (permalink)
Krostillian Apex Advanced Techie	I've had some luck a shareware program called partition zapper ... couldn't hurt. I did leave the floppy out of this last rig >>sigh<< and would ya beleive that I still have a 5.25 drive in the closet?

31-October-03, 11:22 AM		#11 (permalink)
Lord Dragon Apex Master Tech	The Data Lifeguard tools were corrupt. I ran scandisk and it showed no errors. I removed the other hd from the system and started the win98 se install anyway. It installed and didn't give me any problems about the drive. I can't figure out what happened but I got a free computer from the deal.