[Tfug] MBR problems

[Harry McGregor]

On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Keith Davey wrote:

> Ok how do I low-level format an ATA-3 disk?

Better bet, just use a larger count when DDing the drive, I normally do
about 5MB, and it works great, even with stuck NT systems.

			Harry


> ----- 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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