HardDrive Problem

[DECODER22]

Hey Guys I Got A Problem I Got A COmpaq Presario Laptop 1810 and i was gunna install win98 on it it ahd probs starting up so i figure 98 boot disk delete old partions and i made ne wones im trying to format it now and i get this thing saying disk is unsuitable for system disk when trying to format i never seen it ever before plz help guys thx

 

[DECODER22]

Some One Has TO KNow What it Means that when u try formating you hit yes then it says precentage mine says 0 then this thing on bottom comes up and says Trying To Rceover Location 9,385 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IM FREAKING OUT

 

[cw823]

Some One Has TO KNow What it Means that when u try formating you hit yes then it says precentage mine says 0 then this thing on bottom comes up and says Trying To Rceover Location 9,385 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IM FREAKING OUT

Trying to recover when formatting.....that's bad. Run scandisk with thorough setting to verify your hd isn't taking a poop on ya.

 

[DECODER22]

crap man i cant get nuttin this ahrddrive to work right i try to do scandisk from win98 bootdisk says C dosent exsist yet i partioned it scan disk wont work right is there anything i can do to make this thing work somekinda program any ideas

 

[DECODER22]

i cant get in a OS i delted partion and made a new primary partion but i cant format for nuttin thsi is a joke

 

[DECODER22]

hmm shoudl i let it try to recover scandisk is being dumb the comp is being dumb i dont wana loose this harddrive that can be real baddddd theres gota be sumtin i can do god help me some one

 

[PsycoPhreak]

Some One Has TO KNow What it Means that when u try formating you hit yes then it says precentage mine says 0 then this thing on bottom comes up and says Trying To Rceover Location 9,385 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IM FREAKING OUT

If it says 'trying to recover allocation unit XXX' that means the drive has sustained some form of damage, and by the way it sounds, you might need a new drive if you can't even get a format done so you can scandisk it.....

You may be out of luck on this one.....but, see if it will format all the way through....let it go through the whole procedure...it CAN take some time trying to recover allocation units..( bad sectors, clusters, on disk ) but, I'd be looking for a new drive, sounds as if that one has seen it's last days....

 

[DECODER22]

OHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOO thats nto good laptop ahrddrives arent cheap this one is 6.4 gig and they cost liek 140 bucks KILL ME i love my laptop it has DVD NOO poor thing ill let u knwo what happens thx for helping WORHTLESS ******* LAPTOP

 

[PsycoPhreak]

There is one alternative to try.....find out the manufacturer and model of the drive you have, and see if you can get a utility from the manufacterer to "low level' format it..( actually it just writes all 0's to the drive..) then try a repartition and format, it's a last ditch attempt to see if maybe it could be saved......and I have saved numerous drives like this...

BTW...did the laptop take any decent bumps or hits?....

There are some known trojans that can screw the boot sector and prevent even FDISK from working on them......only way to fix THAT is again..."low level format"....give it a shot....the worst that can happen is it won't fix it.....

 

[DECODER22]

thx not sure on the laptop getting hit i got for freee so u knwo i want it to work cause i paid 0 dollars hehehe im gunan try and ill let u know its a toshiba harddrive so ill look it up

 

[DECODER22]

hey can some one tell me if toshiba has low level format program i cant find one im going nuts

 

[PsycoPhreak]

If you have the model # of the drive, I might be able to search down something for it, considering toshiba used alot of outside manufacturers...( i have a toshiba laptop which NOTHING in it is made by toshiba....go figure...it's a pain in the a** getting service or parts for this thing...)..it may not be one of theirs....I may even have something on one of my many many cd's of crap....but i need to know what kind of drive it is first...

 

[DECODER22]

ok its a toshiba has million numbers heres some HDD2918 H ZE01 and thers MK6409MAV The Serial Number Is 88B50044G 0B5 i hope thats help plz try to help me man

 

[DECODER22]

i try to run scandisk on c: says cant examine drive C: no i have drive D: with is my Ms-Ram drive from the in98 bootdisk i try to go to C:/dir says retry fail or abort i hate this harddrive i dont know what to do when it starts up it says save to disk partion not found save to disk feature is disabled says run Phdisk for partion and consist to the manual wtf does all that mean LOL

 

[David]

Your harddrive is a bit of a mess:

1) Do a low level format - see toshibas website, or the website of the Hard disk manufacturer.

2) Make partitions

3) Format partitions.

 

[DECODER22]

can people help me find low level format for a toshiba harddrive serial #88B50044G 0B5 for a laptop compaq presario 1810

 

[PsycoPhreak]

OK, I was just able to get onto the site since last night...( is it me or does the forums seem to be loading slow or not at all sometimes? ) I got the drive info, I will post back when i come across something....

:EDIT: well, toshiba offers no kind of downloadable diagnostic utilities, the link below is for information on your drive, I will continue to look and see if I can find a utility in which to do a low level format of the drive....until then, you may want to get in touch with toshiba and see what they can do for you...


Your drive info...

 

[DECODER22]

I MADE MAGIC HAPPEN I USED A PROGRAM TO FAST FORMAT OVERRIDE A HACK or sumtin and my harddrive is loading windows 98 setip right now ill let u know if it works im soo happy plz work

 

[PsycoPhreak]

hey, glad to hear.....if it can complete an install and boots fine...be sure to load up an Anti-virus scanner with the most recent virus defenitions and do a complete scan......both with the AV software and scandisk.....unless you have other disk utilities...( like norton utilities "disk doctor" and such..)

I'll still post a "low level format" program when i find it...or better known now as a "Zero-fill utility" since no newer ide hd's can be low level formatted outside of the factory. Just in case you may need it....

:EDIT:...I have a file for you, it works with all ide drives to write zero's and map out bad sectors, I dl'ed it myself and am currently running it on another system to fix a drive that refuses to be partitioned...so far it's working....

to use it...DL it and run the file on your working system, you'll need a blank floppy in the drive, the program will create a utility disk from the floppy with the needed files, the link is below....


Zero-fill utility

 

[DECODER22]

hey waz up i used a gateway restore cd used the GW scan on that for the ahrddrive then i wrote 0 tot eh drive off that cd then i partioned it then i tryed formating im getting trying to recover allocation unit XXXX with is weird cause before i was able to install windows 98 but when windows loaded says it was missing VXD to restard im so lost on what to do so maybe ill try ur porgram that writes 0's to the drive any more ideas??????