On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 01:58, Gerry Doris wrote: > 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. > No need to do a low level format. If you really need this , you can dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 This will erase the partition table. When you recreate it using any software , it will store the right geometry. This worked for me when I was first bit by the bug (and didnt know how to fix it)... -- Pedro Macedo
