I think i just screwed up my drive

NeoXtremeX · 11-05-2005, 03:18 PM

I was installing Fedora Core 4 on my drive, so before hand i split my drive in 2 partitions of 30gb with pm8, my drive is a hITACHI Desktar 60gb. So i tried installing it, everything was fine, but then it didnt boot. I tried reinstalling, i figured it was my bad with the bootloader, so it detected the previous install... and i went to overwrite it, so again... everything was fine, untill the install hanged at the beginning, i resetted the install, and tried again, same thing, again for 2 times, same thing. I boot to windows and instead of seeing 2 drives for the hitachi, and one for my segate sata (windows)... i See one 30gb drive, and 2 no data drives... plus my seagete, im like ok... i load PM8, so drive hitachi display this : BAD. i tried formating, errors...any kind of fomarting errors. So i tried that utility from Hitachi, eveything is find till it reaches the RDM, then... it hangs. Any Ideas, i tried checking the warranty but aparantly its out of warranty. Thanks.

*Bofinn* · 11-07-2005, 09:52 AM

bump...

SaphireX · 11-09-2005, 05:31 AM

I would try using DBAN it's one of the best disk wiping utilities to completely purge your drive(s) of any leftover OS files/partitions -->not to mention that it is FREE !

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

Hope this helps!

Saphire

"Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.

"DBAN is a must have program...I was about to trash an 80gig Seagate EIDE hard drive because I could not remove Linspire 5.0...it was dug into that hard drive like a friggin tick! I typed "hard drive eraser" into Google, eventually found DBAN and that it can be place on a 3.5" floppy...once it placed on a floppy just type "autonuke" return....SWEET! I have found that Linux-Linspire 5.0 is designed to act more like a virus than a O/S, Linspire is the control freak of the linux world and I give it a grade of "F". DBAN is perfect, no more stupid DOS commands to format hard drives. Download it you'll love it. Now I can start testing all those linux distributions, if one wont remove... just format it with DBAN. ....big thanks to the author for making DBAN free!"

"This is the only tool that has been tested and forensically wipes an entire hard drive 100%! Everything on the drive will be wiped, doesn't matter what OS or File system. Do not be fooled by marketing hype. Commercial tools are a waste of money as they do not all work. Best yet it is free under the GPL. Darik should receive a medal from the forensic community for his work and continues support on this tool as well."

3 of 7 · 11-09-2005, 11:53 AM

Might be a good idea to unplug the other drives first.

oalkatib · 11-11-2005, 12:46 AM

i would do a low level format, and if that does not work, you need to get a new one sorry

11-05-2005, 03:18 PM	#1
NeoXtremeX The_Ace Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Santo Domingo Posts: 956	I think i just screwed up my drive I was installing Fedora Core 4 on my drive, so before hand i split my drive in 2 partitions of 30gb with pm8, my drive is a hITACHI Desktar 60gb. So i tried installing it, everything was fine, but then it didnt boot. I tried reinstalling, i figured it was my bad with the bootloader, so it detected the previous install... and i went to overwrite it, so again... everything was fine, untill the install hanged at the beginning, i resetted the install, and tried again, same thing, again for 2 times, same thing. I boot to windows and instead of seeing 2 drives for the hitachi, and one for my segate sata (windows)... i See one 30gb drive, and 2 no data drives... plus my seagete, im like ok... i load PM8, so drive hitachi display this : BAD. i tried formating, errors...any kind of fomarting errors. So i tried that utility from Hitachi, eveything is find till it reaches the RDM, then... it hangs. Any Ideas, i tried checking the warranty but aparantly its out of warranty. Thanks. __________________ So near...and yet..so far....
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11-07-2005, 09:52 AM	#2
Bofinn I'm gettin' dizzy! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 11,035	bump...
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11-09-2005, 05:31 AM	#3
SaphireX SaphireX Join Date: May 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 178	Dban I would try using DBAN it's one of the best disk wiping utilities to completely purge your drive(s) of any leftover OS files/partitions -->not to mention that it is FREE ! http://dban.sourceforge.net/ Hope this helps! Saphire "Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction. "DBAN is a must have program...I was about to trash an 80gig Seagate EIDE hard drive because I could not remove Linspire 5.0...it was dug into that hard drive like a friggin tick! I typed "hard drive eraser" into Google, eventually found DBAN and that it can be place on a 3.5" floppy...once it placed on a floppy just type "autonuke" return....SWEET! I have found that Linux-Linspire 5.0 is designed to act more like a virus than a O/S, Linspire is the control freak of the linux world and I give it a grade of "F". DBAN is perfect, no more stupid DOS commands to format hard drives. Download it you'll love it. Now I can start testing all those linux distributions, if one wont remove... just format it with DBAN. ....big thanks to the author for making DBAN free!" "This is the only tool that has been tested and forensically wipes an entire hard drive 100%! Everything on the drive will be wiped, doesn't matter what OS or File system. Do not be fooled by marketing hype. Commercial tools are a waste of money as they do not all work. Best yet it is free under the GPL. Darik should receive a medal from the forensic community for his work and continues support on this tool as well." __________________ EVGA™ 132-CK-NF78-RevA2 AWARD™ BIOS P07 nForce™ 15.23 "chipset drivers" Intel™ Core 2 Quad Q6600 "Kentsfield" Asetek™ LCLC Liquid CPU Cooling Mushkin™ 996619 4 X 2GB=8GB PC2 8500 ASCENT™ w/ eVCI technology 2 X BFG Nvidia™ 8800(G92) GTS 512MB in SLi GeForce™ 180.60 "beta" PhysX 8.10.13 WHQL PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 860™ TAGAN CS-El Diablo™ Case Lite-On™LH-20A1S {SATA Port 6} Phillips™ SPD2413BD {IDE –Master} 2X 320GB Seagate Barracuda™ ST3320620AS RAID-0 "64kb stripe" SATA Ports 1 & 2 1X 750GB Seagate Barracuda™ ST3750330AS (storage) SATA Port 3 1X 750GB Seagate Barracuda™ ST3750330AS (storage) SATA Port 4 1X 750GB Seagate Barracuda™ ST3750330SV (storage) SATA Port 5 Rosewell™ RC-403 Conexant 56k Modem(Bottom PCI) Sony™ MPF920 Floppy Disk Drive APC™ BR1500LCD UPS 1500VA w/AVR SAMSUNG™ 2280HD 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Saitek Eclipse II™ Illuminated Keyboard Logitech MX400™ Laser Mouse Vista™ Ultimate 64 ~ MS Office 2007 ~ Nod32 64-bit RIG #2 ASUS™ K8V Deluxe 1rst Ed. AMI™-beta 1010.001 BIOS AMD Athlon™64 3200+ "Clawhammer" Stock AMD Cooling NANYA™ NT512D64S8HB1G-5T-(2X 512mb )PC3200 CR=1T(3-3-3-8-11) BFG Nvidia™ 6800GT 256 MB PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 Deluxe™ Raidmax Scorpio 668™ Case Pri IDE-"jumpered" Master-Samsung™ TSST Corp SH-S182M Sec IDE-"jumpered" Master-Phillips SPD2413P 2X 120GB SATA 1rst Gen-Seagate Barracuda™ RAID-0 *64kb stripe" VIA VT8237™ V-RAID 5.10a Samsung™ SyncMaster 226BW 22" 2ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor Microsoft™ USB Wireless Desktop Elite™ WinXP Pro™ SP3+
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11-09-2005, 11:53 AM	#4
3 of 7 You can run..... Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,661	Might be a good idea to unplug the other drives first. __________________
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11-11-2005, 12:46 AM	#5
oalkatib Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 39	i would do a low level format, and if that does not work, you need to get a new one sorry
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