Ex. HDD Completely missing

#31 brooksey!!!

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Posted 04 September 2009 - 04:12 PM

It also says on the disk " This cd is not a reinstallation of programs and drivers " So i think I'm OK (for now)!

The reason i would KDisk is because of the Service pack difference. it will not install if ther is a later service pack on ther already, so i would need to completely wipe the disk of everything (again) and start again with the real disk, of which i have the licence keys for.

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Posted 04 September 2009 - 04:14 PM

Just booting with the original disk in the CD drive will give you the option of deleting all partitions, formatting in NTFS and doing a fresh install.

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Posted 04 September 2009 - 05:13 PM

Is this and KillDisk not the same thing? I assumed it was, but i'm not sure...

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Posted 04 September 2009 - 05:58 PM

KillDisk writes zeroes to the hard drive. The disk then needs to be formatted to NTFS prior to the OS being installed.

You can do it if you want. Really will not hurt anything. Usually Killdisk is used for privacy reasons, such as wiping the hard drive prior to giving away the PC or disposing of it.

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Posted 04 September 2009 - 06:02 PM

Right - I see now. Seems.....................OTT to use Kill disk when you put it that way... Will just format i think - and then get back to this damn hard drive! God, its such a pain in the bum

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Posted 04 September 2009 - 06:03 PM

brooksey!!!, on Sep 4 2009, 07:02 PM, said:

.....God, its such a pain in the bum

Is`t technology wonderful? :thumbsup:

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Posted 05 September 2009 - 03:05 AM

Hells yeah!
I tell you what, I'm the most unlucky person when it comes to tech - hard drives, ipods, laptops, you name it!

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Posted 05 September 2009 - 05:44 AM

brooksey!!!, on Sep 5 2009, 04:05 AM, said:

Hells yeah!
I tell you what, I'm the most unlucky person when it comes to tech - hard drives, ipods, laptops, you name it!

Truth be told......I do`t want\own a cellphone. Just recently replaced our VCR (still blinking 12:00) with a DVD player. :thumbsup:

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Posted 05 September 2009 - 05:54 AM

Tha'ts fantastic! Infact, i still haave my VCR - also blinking at 12:00. Have not even worked out how to use the timer...

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Posted 05 September 2009 - 06:30 AM

You do realize the young`ins in here are laughing at us. Some may not even know what a VCR is.

They do not even know that at one time cellphones did`t even exist.

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Posted 04 November 2009 - 10:35 AM

Jesus, I've Been away for a very long while...
Anyway, back to the topic:
Still does not show up in manager.

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Posted 04 November 2009 - 12:04 PM

Hi ya Brooksey. Looonnngggggg time.

Where do we stand on the PC operating situation. XP? Fully updated? All drivers installed?

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Posted 21 April 2010 - 03:24 PM

back again after only a few months!!!

To update on the situation:
I decided to just get a new OS (i mean, actually buy a license!!!): the hard drive is sitting in my cupboard, slowly gathering dust.
I am going to try fix this hard drive at some point though if you are still around to help!
At the moment, i don't have the hard drive, so it may be a few weeks until i can see where we are with this.

I'm really sorry i have not replied, i have been busy, and then forgotten about this problem all together!
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Posted 31 May 2010 - 11:02 AM

Anyone?

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Posted 31 May 2010 - 11:21 AM

Right, I want to update on the situation for anyone who is reading this. I no longer care about the data thats on this hard drive. i just want to format it and start using it as a normal drive again. How do i do this?

Update on the update:

I want to format it to FAT32

Cheers!
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