Check if your motherboard hasnt got any options for low level fomatting, my old one did. If not, I may have some tool back at home and could send you it(i have to see if it do work with WD hdd).
> At 01:12 p.m. 13/05/03 -0800, you wrote: > >Really weird stuff, my first guess would be that the boot sector has > >some problem. You should look for some low level tools(you can usually > >get them at manufacturers sites) and try checking if the boot sector > >hasn't got any trouble. If it hasn't got any, try low level formatting > >it.... > > it didn't have until I plugged it into my Windows Box, I was looking for some > Low Level formatting tool, but haven't found yet anything useful > It's a Wester Digital Caviar 2250. > > Friedel > > > >Sergio. > > > > > Hi everybody, have a little puzzle to solve here, > > > a HD 255MB (MS-DOS 6.22 installed) I used to run in my 386-40, I > >happend to > > > stick into my official PIII-1000 running W98SE in order to transfer > > > some data, a procecdure I have done couple times with no problem. But > >this > > > time, Windows did do something, because the HD 255MB wouldn't > > > boot again from my 386, investigating I found there was nothing wrong > >with > > > that HD, I could access it as slave, I could use all data and > >programs, > > > I just couldn't boot from it. I used FDISK, I formated it (using my > >DOS > > > 6.22 diskettes), still the same story. I attacked with W98 > >FDISK /MBR, > > > formatted > > > and installed the DOS portion of W98, and guess what, it works, but > >muy 386 > > > won't boot a W98, another 586 makes it boot with no problem. > > > But I would like to have this disk for my 386, because HD's smaller > >than > > > 512MB are rare over here. > > > > > > Any ideas what's the secret and what to do, to get rid of it, to make > >this > > > HD to behave as it did ? > > > > > > Friedel > > > > > > > > > > > > Friedel Bruening > > > Bolivian Instruments > > > Casilla 4856 > > > Santa Cruz > > > Bolivia > > > Tel : 00591-773-92119 > > > Tel : 00591-3-3580572 > > > e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > > Author: Friedel Bruening > > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ --- > > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L > > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > > > > > > > > >-- > >Webmail MTECnet - Servi�o exclusivo para o assinante MTECnet > >http://www.mtecnet.com.br > >-- > >Author: Sergio > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > >San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > >to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L > >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > >also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > -- > Author: Friedel Bruening > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > -- Webmail MTECnet - Servi�o exclusivo para o assinante MTECnet http://www.mtecnet.com.br -- Author: Sergio INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
