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reformat HDD outside of XP install with only CDROM to boot from
trying to reformat a laptop hard drive, i only have a CDROM to boot from, cant remember how to get to the a prompt to get to FDISK the drive
the xp install keeps telling me the hard drive doesnt exist so i cannot reformat the usual XP install way. cannot do a repair install because the system froze midway in reformat. the hard drive may be dead. please refresh my memory, i need a CDrom boot disk to get to A prompt to run DOS type reformat. cheers
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01-29-2008, 04:49 PM
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Remove the drive and install it in a desktop with an IDE or USB adapter. That way you can run full diagnostics on it too.
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01-29-2008, 04:54 PM
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i dont have an adapter yet, one of those things i keep meaning to get
 (ordered but will take 3 days)any other way for the time being as a work around?? Last edited by lostplanet; 01-29-2008 at 04:57 PM. |
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01-29-2008, 05:26 PM
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ok found the UBCD 4.11 will give it a try and see what i can do with it.....
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01-29-2008, 11:58 PM
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The first thing you need to do with the UBCD is run hard drive diags. If it checks out okay, then you can use DBAN to zero fill it.
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01-30-2008, 03:39 PM
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hitachi tools telling me HDD dead. thanks GLC
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