Used Killdisk, now o/s says there is no Hard Drive

[evilivy]

OK,
I had WIN2K, but needed WinXp to use Digidesign's MBOX.
So I formatted my Maxtor 6Y080L0 using Killdisk.
After the format, I went to install XP and it tried to format the Hard drive, but after reaching 100% said it could not complete the installation. I tried again, but now it's saying there is no drive. I checked my BIOS and it auto detects that in fact the drive is still there.
No matter what bootdisk I use, it tells me "NTLDR is missing", and I can not seem to get anywhere with either my Win2K, or now the new WinXP cd. When I tried to reinstall Win2K, it gave me this error message "Disk I/O error: Status = 00001000".
PLEASE HELP, SOMEONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EvilRick]

Download PowerMax and use the "Low Level Format" to write 0's to the drive.

After that, you should have no problems installing your OS.

[mazdarx7-64]

will powerMax only work on maxtor hard drives??

[evilivy]

I actually tried to find Powermax ealier tonight.... even when I click on your link, I can not find it... can you help me some more? Where exactly on the site can I find it?

[mazdarx7-64]

http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Ma...splayEULA=true

Click agree at the bottom

[EvilRick]

Try my link again.

PowerMax may have "Generic" drive support. I know Seagate SeaTools does. Either way, it's usually best to get the software for your make/model of HDD. If you search in the Storage forum, you should find a post I made that links to all the HDD sites and their software.

[evilivy]

I feel like such a loser, I keep getting their main page... nothing to agree to!!

[evilivy]

GOT IT!!! (used their search feature, imagine that!)

[EvilRick]

Try it from this post instead then.

[EvilRick]

Hmm, that one ain't much better now either.

http://downloads.maxtor.com/_files/m...s/powermax.exe

If that don't get it, I don't know what will.

[evilivy]

ARGHHH!!!!!
When I click on the link to download Powermax, it just shoots me back to their main page.... I'm getting SO fustrated. even when I click on their powermax.exe link, it still sends me back to their main page!! WHAT NOW?!?!?

[sr71000]

hehe..just to tell you guys..i live off of powermax at work. I like it because not only does it erase the drive (like kill disk) but it checks the whole thing for errors...meaning i don't reinstall an os and redo the whole computer, just to find out the hdd is crapping out. cus that always sux and i haven't found a drive yet that it does not work on. I usually do 2-10 gig drives on crappy computers at my school (where i work) and they work fine...but i've used it on anything up to a 160 gig drive...just expect it to take a while....if you have a big drive...plan on just leaving it overnight.

[evilivy]

Thanks!!! the last link worked!!! thank-you!!

[evilivy]

Is help still out there??? When I put the floppy in, it says "NTLDR is missing".. i set the boot sequene to floppy first.

[sr71000]

evilricks last link works fine...takes you right to the download.

edit/ powermax only works with ata drives (and it dosen't work with some quantum's but that dosen't matter in this case) try going to http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/ma...re%20Downloads and see if that gets you anywhere...there you can select exactly what type of drive it is and get some software for it .

edit again/ just wanted to say, for anyone who reads this, powermax works with ata quantum hard drives but not scsi quantum hard drives...just wanted to get my facts straight.

[EvilRick]

Did you run the PowerMax.exe? It will create the bootdisk. Don't just copy powermax.exe to a bootable floppy.

[evilivy]

oops, *blush*, thanks again... I really appreciate the guidance!

[evilivy]

YAY!! It's working!! (Powermax)
I have started the Low Level Format
So, if I understand correctly, Powermax will also let me know if the drive has died all together?

[EvilRick]

You'll have to run the Full Test for it to check that. If it is dead, it will tell you during the Zero Fill that you need to run the Full Test.

*Just for the sake of it. You're actually NOT doing a Low-Level Format. You're just writing 0's to the drive. The term Low-Level Format is a carry over from days gone by. If you actually did a Low-Level Format to that drive it would render it useless.