Message : error sensing hard disk

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DIR

I have a 40gb Maxtor disk that has died. The message is 'error sensing
hard disk ', and I have done the basics, including

1.tested it on a second PC with a working disk to ensure cables and
power supply are good
2. checked all the settings to ensure that CS is selected
3. tried it as a single drive with Master settings

I suspect that the disk is totally dead, but it is only a few months
old and Maxtor will be replacing it. It has been backed up, but I would
like to wipe it before sending it back to them, and at this point I
cannot get my PC to see it at all. Even a plain DOS boot does not see
it.

Any ideas, would be most appreciated.

Many thanks,
Dir
 
DIR said:
I have a 40gb Maxtor disk that has died. The message is 'error
sensing hard disk ', and I have done the basics, including

1.tested it on a second PC with a working disk to ensure cables and
power supply are good
2. checked all the settings to ensure that CS is selected
3. tried it as a single drive with Master settings

I suspect that the disk is totally dead, but it is only a few months
old and Maxtor will be replacing it. It has been backed up, but I
would like to wipe it before sending it back to them, and at this
point I cannot get my PC to see it at all. Even a plain DOS boot does
not see it.
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You can try to boot with a disk-wiping utility like the free Darik's
Boot and Nuke, but if the drive isn't seen there really isn't anything
more you can do short of going at it with a drill or sledgehammer. And
I don't think you want to do that if you're RMA'ing it. You need to
send it back intact.

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

Malke
 
Few boards work with a hd in "cable select" mode....Try downloading maxtors
MS-DOS utility to a MS-DOS formated floppy,boot to floppy,run the tests.I
believe thiers a format in it also.
 
Andrew said:
Few boards work with a hd in "cable select" mode....Try downloading
maxtors MS-DOS utility to a MS-DOS formated floppy,boot to floppy,run
the tests.I believe thiers a format in it also.
Click to expand...

This is complete and utter bollocks. Troll.

Malke
 
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