the model :ST31000528AS
Firmwire :CC35
Recently it cannot be recognized in WinXP but shows nomally in the Bios.
Where I run Seatools for Dos,in the InitDisk process it shows something like this:
"Error reading partition table drive 00 sector 0 Error reading partition table drive 00 sector 0 Error ..."
Then I connect the harddisk to serial terminal following the instruction in this page:
http://www.msfn.org/board/solution-seag ... l__7200.11
Here is some results of several simple commands:

ASCII Diag mode
F3 T>/2

F3 2>Z

Spin Down Complete
Elapsed Time 0.090 msecs
F3 2>/T

F3 T>V4

HighPowerMode Reassigned Sectors List
Original New log log log phy phy
LBA PBA cyl hd sctr zn cyl hd sctr SFI

Alt Pending Total Alted Total
Entries Entries Entries Alts Alts
Head 0 0
Head 1 0
Head 2 0
Head 3 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Total Alt Removals: 0
Checksum = 0000


Can anybody tell what's the problem and how to repair?

sounds to us there firmware corruption



the person gives you full details on how to get your drive up and going again.

just be careful not to blow it or turn the drive off.

get the hardware that he is using and that it

but i thought seagate came out with a new firmware updates for this drive???????

i would check there website for this common problem with theses drives

I'm not a DR guy, but is it possible that your drive is password protected?

You say that it is detected normally in BIOS. Does it show its full capacity?

You can use HDAT2 to check the password status of your drive.

HDAT2/CBL Hard Disk Repair Utility:
http://www.hdat2.com/

Did someone tell you that one of the tested "several simple" command especially at certain levels can f... ehm.. screw the drive ? Hope it's not too late. Anyway , either DR or repair is not trial and error (nowadays).