[Tfug] MBR problems

[Keith Davey]

Ok how do I low-level format an ATA-3 disk?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leo Przybylski" <leo@leosandbox.org>
To: <tfug@tfug.org>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Tfug] MBR problems


> Keith,
>
> Looks like you just cleared the MBR, but what if the problem isn't in
> the MBR? Was the drive partitioned when NT was installed on it? Probably
> all the partition information is lost now that the MBR is wiped out, but
> I'd check anyway. If the partition information is still there, perhaps
> the MBR wasn't wiped out afterall.
>
> One last thing you might try. Have you tried low-level format yet? This
> should zero out the entire drive. If there was ever a hint of an NTLDR
> before, there won't be after low-level format, right?
>
> -Leo Przybylski
> http://foopan.leosandbox.org
> http://grow.arizona.edu
>
> Keith Davey wrote:
>
> >Hi Gang,
> >
> >I am trying to convert an ageing win2k box over to linux after the win2k
> >system crashed with NTLDR missing.  However after what apears to have
been
> >a succesfull install of linux, a reboot still gives me nothing but:
> >
> >NTLDR Missing
> >
> >I tried to correct this by issuing  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512
> >count=1
> >
> >But even after this I still get NTLDR Missing.
> >
> >Any clues as to how I might clear this error?
> >
> >Keith Davey
> >Storage Systems Div
> >IBM Corp
> >
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