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1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 25th, 2013, 7:50

Hi HDD Gurus, I am new to HDD topic so pardon me for any mistakes.
I have a wd 1tb hard disk . In my computer it is showing 32mb and in bios it is showing 0mb. My hard disk is still in warranty but I want my data badly.
Could u please tell what is the root problem is it the pcb is not working or fw got wrong??
Help me experts!!

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 25th, 2013, 9:12

Firmware and/or head(s). Good luck.

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 25th, 2013, 9:37

Thanks for reply BlackST
But head is all right coz no noise is coming form the disk......drive is working normal. Now how to debug fw....please tell...

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 25th, 2013, 10:01

If you have pc3k its a very easy task.

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 25th, 2013, 12:08

Try NHPA in MHDD. What's the model of your mother board ?

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 25th, 2013, 12:53

I am laptop user so my cong. are
Dell Insperon N5010
i3 4gb ram windows 8

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 25th, 2013, 13:07

Could You please tell how mhdd work on windows.
And I am from India so is pc3k is available here and what is its price?

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 25th, 2013, 13:18

Is the drive fully detected (model) in BIOS ?

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 25th, 2013, 13:38

drive is detecting in bios but showing 0 mb...

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 25th, 2013, 13:52

Try to boot using MHDD iso CD then detect the drive in MHDD and post the results.

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 26th, 2013, 2:35

okzz....

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 26th, 2013, 8:14

Yes I tried the drive on other computer but the problem still exist.But I am having difficulties in running mhdd any word of advice for an amature

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 26th, 2013, 9:01

how do i run mhdd in windows 8 with dos....sorry if it is meaningless!! :( :(

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 26th, 2013, 9:23

Hi, please take a look at unknown eariler post.

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 26th, 2013, 9:47

could you post any link otherwise it would be very difficult to search coz i'ev tried it earlier....

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 26th, 2013, 10:21

http://hddguru.com/download/software/mh ... 4.6iso.zip

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 26th, 2013, 10:24

i have burned the image to bootable usb but its shows error message "no os found" when entering the boot menu.....any other way to run mhdd

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 26th, 2013, 10:27

Spildit, is there any other way to repair (apart from pc3k) coz i am having problem in running mhdd....but the search is going on regarding mhdd

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 26th, 2013, 14:26

when booting from usb bootmgr missing error comes.....any suggestions...

Re: 1tb wd hdd showing 32mb

February 26th, 2013, 15:04

If you just copied the .iso file to cd (which is implied here, mhdd-stting-t25404.html), then that is why you have problem. Google how to create bootable cd, then try again.
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