Hi,
I read about SSDs loss of size that are detected in BIOS but with 0MB of size.
In a forum, a guy says He used MHDD software and run NHPA command witch solved the 0MB problem.
I'm trying to use it too but I can't get it to work.
I'm running miniXP in a USB pen drive in a Dell mini 9 netbook. It have a Stec 8GB SSD marked as 0MB size. I've put the MHDD at the pen too and I run it, but I got a problem:
It says:
Primary port 1F0h is disable. To enable see MHDD.CFG

Port 170h(Secondary controler)
3. [ ]

Port 100h(PC-3000 board)
5. [ ]
WARNING: PRIMARY CHANNEL DISABLED FOR YOUR SAFTY
WARNING: SLAVE DEVICES NOT SUPPORTED
Enter HDD number [3]:


Well, I can't use the NHPA command if I can't select the SSD port witch I think its the Primary marked as DISABLE.
As I saw that I thought, great, I just have to go to the MHDD.CFG and change the option...
Bad for me... I explain....
As I copy the software to the pen I got 2 folders and 4 files.
As sone as i run MHDD.exe it creates
CFG folder with a MHDD.CFG file inside
and
LOG folder with a MHDD.LOG file inside

So far so good. but as I close the MHDD.exe and open it again it wont run any more until I delete the 2 folders.
If I just erase the LOG file, it seems to start but shuts the DOS window suddenly so I can see whats written on it.
If I don't erase any of them I get the error: CATASTROFIC ERROR... can't create LOG file
This way I can't edit the MHDD.CFG file were theres the commands:
#PRIMARY_ENABLE=FALSE The one I just needed to change for "TRUE"
#AUTODETECT_ENABLE=FALSE
#DEVICE=3


Even I delete the folders so I can run the programa again and create my self the CFG folder with the CFG file just with the #PRIMARY_ENABLE=TRUE command, it won't run.

Can some one help me enabling it so I can use the NHPA command to try to restore the SSD factory size?

Best regards,
Elect

Better to just make a bootable dos flash drive and put MHDD on that, so that you aren't trying to run it through Windows.

However, I would be very surprised if using MHDD will solve your SSD problem.

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