Hi

This is a continuation from my previous post. titled " semaphore timeout
period has expired"

My 250gb hdd is causing probs. I cannot format/partition it using WD own
progs. I have just zeroed the drive and tried to format/partition, this took
1second to do. but in "my computer" and disk management I have just my 2
other drives.

the drive is run through a controller card all connections have been double
checked including jumper. I have upgraded my pc bios and the card
controllers. I have used the Ontrack reg_48bit_lba prog to confirm 48lba?

Using wd diagnostic tool Lifeguard it shows a capacity of 134gb as a
physical drive but does not show it as a logical drive.
My other 2 drives are both in both categories with the correct capacities
for both.

Please help

Keith

Friend had a similar problem. Had to connect hard drive to motherboard, not
separate controller card, to get Data Lifeguard to correctly identify and
setup.

"Keith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:VhU8c.11518$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> This is a continuation from my previous post. titled " semaphore timeout
> period has expired"
>
> My 250gb hdd is causing probs. I cannot format/partition it using WD own
> progs. I have just zeroed the drive and tried to format/partition, this
took
> 1second to do. but in "my computer" and disk management I have just my 2
> other drives.
>
> the drive is run through a controller card all connections have been
double
> checked including jumper. I have upgraded my pc bios and the card
> controllers. I have used the Ontrack reg_48bit_lba prog to confirm 48lba?
>
> Using wd diagnostic tool Lifeguard it shows a capacity of 134gb as a
> physical drive but does not show it as a logical drive.
> My other 2 drives are both in both categories with the correct capacities
> for both.
>
> Please help
>
> Keith
>
>

Jerry

Did he leave it on the motherboard, or set it up and move it back to the
controller?

Appreciate your help

Cheers
Keith


"Jerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Friend had a similar problem. Had to connect hard drive to motherboard,
not
> separate controller card, to get Data Lifeguard to correctly identify and
> setup.
>
> "Keith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:VhU8c.11518$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi
> >
> > This is a continuation from my previous post. titled " semaphore timeout
> > period has expired"
> >
> > My 250gb hdd is causing probs. I cannot format/partition it using WD own
> > progs. I have just zeroed the drive and tried to format/partition, this
> took
> > 1second to do. but in "my computer" and disk management I have just my 2
> > other drives.
> >
> > the drive is run through a controller card all connections have been
> double
> > checked including jumper. I have upgraded my pc bios and the card
> > controllers. I have used the Ontrack reg_48bit_lba prog to confirm
48lba?
> >
> > Using wd diagnostic tool Lifeguard it shows a capacity of 134gb as a
> > physical drive but does not show it as a logical drive.
> > My other 2 drives are both in both categories with the correct
capacities
> > for both.
> >
> > Please help
> >
> > Keith
> >
> >
>
>