Hard drive.. Unlocking

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superman_06 · #1 Post by **superman_06** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:23 pm

OK I got another think pad.. T21 it has a 20gig HD that has win2000 (I think), when it boots up
it says "no operating systems found"
I can take my other T21 HD and put it in and it boots right up. So I made a win2000 bootdisk, if I goto FDISK, it says "unble to access drive 1" , I D/L a copy of winXP and it still wouldnt load though the CD-rom, I tried

d:winxp:> setup

and it says "unable to load in DOS"
So I put the boot disk in and tried "FORMAT C:"
and it says "format not supported on C drive" Format terminated"

I can access c drive and go thought the dir... but I doing know what I am looking for, I did scandisk. exe and It worked

any suggestions? My goal is to get XP on this thing but I think I am having NPTS/ FAT problems

#2 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:48 pm

What is the manufacturer/model of the hard drive?

#3 Post by **carbon_unit** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:54 pm

Maybe it has a password set on it?
Do you see a password prompt at boot? If not try running the Hitachi Drive fitness test.

superman_06 · #4 Post by **superman_06** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:26 pm

it had a password on it (at windows) and he tried to make a boot disk to restore ... He forgot his pasword, when he loaded a img file (cd) it shut off and now it like its dead. I think the C drive I was accessing was a "virtual" drive... Not sure though, the hard drive is a hitachi model dk23ba-20, the cmos does show the HD installed. whe I go c:

it doesnt have a windows dir

#5 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:35 pm

As carbon_unit suggested, run the Hitachi Drive fitness test. If all tests pass, write 0's to the drive using the same utility. Then you should be good to go.

superman_06 · #6 Post by **superman_06** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:54 pm

I have no Idea what the Hitachi Drive fitness test is... Could someone give me a crash course? a:? d:? is something I can d/l

#7 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:13 pm

Google is your friend

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT

superman_06 · #8 Post by **superman_06** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:36 am

I have tried making this disk, even though its 1.44mb it will not fit on any of my 1.44" disk, I tried to save it to my pc first and then cut and paste it... still no luck. What am I doing wrong?

#9 Post by **Harryc** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:53 am

You have to run the program and it will make the diskette for you.

superman_06 · #10 Post by **superman_06** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:35 am

what program do I use to run it... I d/l
Binary diskette image for non-Windows OS (1,440 K)
Creates self-booting media to run DFT
Its an .IMG flie

#11 Post by **Harryc** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:52 am

Uh...you want the 'diskete creator for Windows OS'

superman_06 · #12 Post by **superman_06** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:21 pm

OK... got the program working... It says on after the test ..one or more of the secotrs are corupt... I can fix or erase disk... 1st time I tried fix... retested with the same results so I tried erase...same results, does this mean the HD is junk?

#13 Post by **Harryc** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:39 pm

#14 Post by **carbon_unit** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 5:04 pm

If the Hitachi DFT can't fix it you need to replace it.

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