Dead HD?

[NaughtyusMaximus]

I bought an OEM Maxtor 40gig HD a few months ago (which is no longer under warranty). It worked wonderfully for me in a server for quite a while, till I decided to put a 20 gig in the server, and keep the 40 gig in storage for another project.

So yesterday I decide to put that 40 gig back into use. FDISK - remove all partitions. Restart. FDISK - create FAT32 partition, format. Boot Win2k Server, create NTFS partition. 99% - Unable to complete partition.

Load MAXBLAST software - Low Level Format.

Boot from Win2k Server CD, create NTFS partition. 99% - Unable to complete partition.

Any ideas?

 

[wasnlos]

I have no idea why the disk can't create the partition, but what happens if you try to do the partitions with a tool like POWERQEST PARTITION MAGIC ?

And for the warranty status, did you check it on the MAXTOR homepage ?
Because i think that every drive from maxtor, no matter if it's boxed or bulk comes with a 3-year-warranty.

 

[NaughtyusMaximus]

I'll check on the site - but the sticker on the HD says 'Warrenty Period ends: May 10'

Edit: Looks like it's still under warranty - but I'd much rather figure this problem out on my own then have to RMA.

 

[morriswindgate]

Have you tried to FDISK and Format on another machine. I have seen times that I couldn't FDISK on a machine a drive was installed in, so I hook it up as a slave on a differant machine as a Slave and do it.

 

[Tsaico]

Long work around, but maybe try to format it using a FAT partition, then convert it...

 

[NJLOAD]

I just bought a Maxtor 15 gig last night and tried to install Win98 SE. I get an error something like can't read last sector and it wants to run scandisk. I didn't have time last night to let it go through that process so I'm not sure what the deal is.... any ideas on this one?

Dave