hdd problem

[oiram]

recently i have got a hdd wd400eb and cant create any partition on it,
bios
recognizes disk (in cylinder reduction mode as 32gb), example error
messages:

partition magic 8 : Init Failed: Error 100 Partition Table is bad

fdisk (w98): Error reading fixed disk

fdisk /mbr (w98): The master boot code has NOT been updated

some other programs: Int13h error 04h, Sector not found, Read error

tried soem linux/fbsd fdisks and the similar result

tried to reset disk using debug script... nothing positive

any chance to fix it? i tried bootmaster but as unregistered version can
not write anything

oiram

[Charles Howse]

Previously oiram <oiram@oiram.net> wrote: recently i have got a hdd wd400eb and cant create any partition on it, bios recognizes disk (in cylinder reduction mode as 32gb), example error messages:
partition magic 8 : Init Failed: Error 100 Partition Table is bad
fdisk (w98): Error reading fixed disk
fdisk /mbr (w98): The master boot code has NOT been updated
some other programs: Int13h error 04h, Sector not found, Read error
tried soem linux/fbsd fdisks and the similar result
tried to reset disk using debug script... nothing positive
any chance to fix it? i tried bootmaster but as unregistered version can not write anything

Sounds dead to me. Especially if Linux cannot do anything.
Other than MS-braindeatware it does not get confused by
the data on the disk. Same for fbsd, I guess.

Arno
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[Michael Hawes]

"Arno Wagner" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:33c4lpF3qs3moU2@individual.net... Previously oiram <oiram@oiram.net> wrote: recently i have got a hdd wd400eb and cant create any partition on it, bios recognizes disk (in cylinder reduction mode as 32gb), example error messages: partition magic 8 : Init Failed: Error 100 Partition Table is bad fdisk (w98): Error reading fixed disk fdisk /mbr (w98): The master boot code has NOT been updated some other programs: Int13h error 04h, Sector not found, Read error tried soem linux/fbsd fdisks and the similar result tried to reset disk using debug script... nothing positive any chance to fix it? i tried bootmaster but as unregistered version can not write anything Sounds dead to me. Especially if Linux cannot do anything. Other than MS-braindeatware it does not get confused by the data on the disk. Same for fbsd, I guess. Arno -- For email address: lastname AT tik DOT ee DOT ethz DOT ch GnuPG: ID:1E25338F FP:0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F "The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws" - Tacitus
Download WD diagnostics program dlgdiag.exe from the website.
Mike.