SATA, Windows XP, Fdisk.

#1 (**permalink**) 09-02-2005, 07:38 PM

I think I may have made an error formatting my SATA drive so now it wont
work.
Can I use Fdisk to help or is that not approproate.
Thanks
Dave

#2 (**permalink**) 09-02-2005, 08:34 PM

"DJ" <qazat@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I think I may have made an error formatting my SATA drive so now it wont
>work.
> Can I use Fdisk to help or is that not approproate.
> Thanks
> Dave
I can't imagine how just formatting the drive would stop it working. What
did you do exactly?

SteveH

#3 (**permalink**) 09-02-2005, 10:38 PM

On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 20:38:22 +0100, "DJ" <qazat@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I think I may have made an error formatting my SATA drive so now it wont
>work.
>Can I use Fdisk to help or is that not approproate.
>Thanks
>Dave
>
Is your disk recognized in the Disk Management MMC snap in? (i.e.
right click My Computer and select Manage)

#4 (**permalink**) 09-03-2005, 05:34 AM

It is quite a new drive, it was working but started to crash all the time. I
tried a reformat but now I cant get the computer to start at all and when I
try a re-install I get messages saying that the drive cannot be formatted.
It wont load windows. It maybe a duff drive or motherboard, not oo sure how
I find out which.
Thanks for the help.
Dave

"Ian East" <ian.east@gmail> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 20:38:22 +0100, "DJ" <qazat@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I think I may have made an error formatting my SATA drive so now it wont
>>work.
>>Can I use Fdisk to help or is that not approproate.
>>Thanks
>>Dave
>>
> Is your disk recognized in the Disk Management MMC snap in? (i.e.
> right click My Computer and select Manage)