>Date:         Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:46:10 +0500
>Reply-To:     PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
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>From:         Mansoor Butt <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      [PCBUILD] My computer killed my harddisk
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>Hello all, I have wrote before about my Seagate hard disk failing. I
bought
>a new 3.2 Western digital HD. My computer bios detected the disk
(although
>after quite a while) but gives a hdc failure massage when the system
boots.
>I took it to my freinds computer, their it worked just fine, I
partitioned
>it and installed win98 there but my comp. again gave the same 'primary
hdc
>failure' on startup.
>Then I tried it on two other comps. but even those failed to recognise
it.
>Since it worked fine on my friends comp. It seems that my computer has
>killed it. I am very worried about it. There is a 3 year warranty on it
but
>only if the harddisk isnt burnt or broken. Now my question is what
could be
>the problem in my system and what do I say to the dealers of western
>digital. Will they replace it if I tell them that my system has killed
the
>HD.If the HD is burnt, can the BIOS detect it? Please some one help me
out.
>
>Mansoor Butt
>
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Mansoor

Sounds like a problem I had. When I moved a drive between computers I
set CMOS (on destination computer) to auto detect the hard drive, but
forgot to specify LBA. I got the same error message as you, and even
when I moved the drive back to the original computer it couldn't be
read. The drive was fine after a Low Level Format, (be sure to use
Western Digital's LLF utility available at their Web site) and could be
moved between the two computers as long as special attention was given
to CMOS settings. Good luck.

Stephen Lundberg


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