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djdd
 Post subject: HDD is alive and well but won't show up!
PostPosted: December 6th, 2006, 10:46 
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I've got a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 (200GB) and it shows up fine in BIOS and in MHDD and the RAID BIOS config, but when i try to install windows on it or view it in another computer as a non-boot disc it doesn't exist! SEAtools told me the file system was corrupt. There is no data on this drive i care about. I would just like to wipe it clean and start completely new. How can i do this?
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pcimage
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PostPosted: December 6th, 2006, 12:21 
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Security erase in MHDD or other util.
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rameez
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PostPosted: December 6th, 2006, 14:09 
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Location: In ur HDD !
There are many utilities for cleaning the hdd u can use any low level format tool u can use security erase in mhdd or write erasing in victoria .
u can easily do it using these ways and utilities .
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djdd
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PostPosted: December 6th, 2006, 20:00 
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I just did a FASTERASE in MHDD. Does this mean it has erased everything including partition information and all that?
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djdd
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PostPosted: December 6th, 2006, 20:02 
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The windows installer still cannot detect the hard drives existance. Why is this?
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Dmitry Postrigan
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PostPosted: December 7th, 2006, 12:35 
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djdd wrote:
I just did a FASTERASE in MHDD. Does this mean it has erased everything including partition information and all that?


That is correct.
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rameez
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PostPosted: December 8th, 2006, 10:44 
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Location: In ur HDD !
Have u fast erase the whole hdd .
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Dmitry Postrigan
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PostPosted: December 9th, 2006, 3:52 
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rameez
You cannot "fast erase" a part of the drive, only the whole drive can be erased by this command
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