Help with HDD

[Clayton]

I have a Maxtor HDD which shows up on post boot but doesn't not load the OS,
I have entered the BIOS and looking at first boot device only shows floppy,
network and CDRom, NO HDD? I have tried the utility from Maxtor which fails
all test's and fdisk says No Fixed Disks Present, also tried part.exe which
is a partition manager and that says Error Getting Hard Disk Parameters. I
had the Welchia virus on this yesterday.
Is there a utility I can use to delete and recreate the partition? or do I
really need to replace it?

thanks

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi!
It seems you need to replace.
You may try The PowerMax utility which is designed to perform diagnostic
read/write verifications on Maxtor and Quantum hard drives. These tests
will determine hard drive integrity.
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
regards/
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

 

[Clayton]

I have already don't that, no success

Hi!
It seems you need to replace.
You may try The PowerMax utility which is designed to perform diagnostic
read/write verifications on Maxtor and Quantum hard drives. These tests
will determine hard drive integrity.
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
regards/
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

 

[Clayton]

Sorry, I mean done that

I have already don't that, no success


the Parameters. do

 

[D.Currie]

If the Maxtor utilities failed, it's a pretty sure thing that the drive is
toast. Check to see if it's under warranty.

 

[Completely Lost]

Try flashing the bios. If there is no hdd in bios/setup something is
terribly wrong.

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi!Clayton!
If the Maxtor Powermax utilitiy failed then you have to replace the HDD.
regards/
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

 

[Plato]

is a partition manager and that says Error Getting Hard Disk Parameters. I
had the Welchia virus on this yesterday.
Is there a utility I can use to delete and recreate the partition? or do I
really need to replace it?

A virus wont physically kill your hard drive.