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Help with hard drive problem

  • 06-10-2005 8:01am
    #1
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,384 ✭✭✭


    Guys/gals.

    I have a toshiba 7020ct which I just put a hard drive into (4Gb ibm disk) (I got it with the hard drive removed but was told it was working before removal)
    I can read from and write to the HDD in dos (from boot disk) and i have gotten 3/4 of the way through a win Me install but when it restarts the Lappy is saying
    invalid system disk! I have googled the Hard drive and the jumper settings are correct, bios settings are correct (as far as I can tell) it will boot from a boot disk.Fdisk tells me the partition info is correct, scandisk says the sectors etc are ok!
    Any help would be welcome.


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  • #2
    daywalker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭daywalker


    pred racer wrote:
    Guys/gals.

    I have a toshiba 7020ct which I just put a hard drive into (4Gb ibm disk) (I got it with the hard drive removed but was told it was working before removal)
    I can read from and write to the HDD in dos (from boot disk) and i have gotten 3/4 of the way through a win Me install but when it restarts the Lappy is saying
    invalid system disk! I have googled the Hard drive and the jumper settings are correct, bios settings are correct (as far as I can tell) it will boot from a boot disk.Fdisk tells me the partition info is correct, scandisk says the sectors etc are ok!
    Any help would be welcome.

    have you tried running IBM/Hitachi diagnostics on the drive, try http://www.ultimatebootcd.com
    or here if you just want the bootable disk
    http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm


  • #3
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,384 ✭✭✭pred racer


    Ill try them. thanks very much for the help.


  • #4
    motrocco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭motrocco


    was there previously Win2K, Linux or XP on the drive? If so you may need to reset the Master Boot Record.

    'fdisk /mbr' will do it at a dos prompt. You need a 95, 98 or me version of fdisk if I remember rightly.

    this doesn't wipe the drive just reset's the mbr. If you are multi-booting then this WILL cause you problems so be sure before you go and reset.

    Good luck.

    mo.


  • #5
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,384 ✭✭✭pred racer


    Ill try that, is "fdisc/mbr" a command? or an option inside fdisk, its a win Me boot disk.

    Thanks for the help! :)


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