On Thu, 27 May 2004, Roy Brown wrote: > Still no luck. I tried rewriting the MBR with Windows 2000's FIXMBR from > the repair console. That didn't work. I reinstalled FC2 and tried Jack > Aboutboul's instructions on fixing the drive geometry table. I still can't > install Windows 2000. Any other ideas? If not, I guess I'm off to buy a > new HD. Grrrr. Thanks for trying to help. > > Roy Well, if things have gone that far (new drive) then I would try using your disk manufacturer's software to do a low level format. Go the the manufacturer's website and do a search for their diagnostic/test programs. They usually have a low level format program that will completely rewrite the drive and bring it to the state it left the factory. -- Gerry "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer