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Re: Hard drive Track 0 bad?
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The Doc <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 16 Aug 1998 13:56:11 -0400
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 I wrote:
>>Using either PartitionMagic or Win94 Fdisk, we can Partiton the hard drive
>>easily.  However with either PartitionMagic or Win95 format (even from a
>>Win95 bootable floppy), we get error message as soon as format starts:
>>
>>Wrong media or Track 0 bad.
>>
>>Any suggestions on which way to go from here?


At 8/12/98 04:55 PM , Donald Rex Gaither wrote:
>Hi,
>   Have you tried a mid-level format?

Alas, I tried several utilities and finally realized the drive is shot.
Seagate is taking it back under warranty.  Thanks for all the suggestions.

Doug Simmons
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