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visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Page 1 of 2 12 Last Jump to page: Results 1 to 15 of 20 Thread: Error reading fixed disk Tweet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page… Subscribe to this Thread… Search Thread Advanced Search Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode November 5th, 2002,09:09 PM #1 dcallen View Profile View Forum Posts Visit Homepage Virtual Intern Join Date Oct 2000 Location Brooklyn, New York Posts 136 Error reading fixed disk Compaq Presario; Win 98. Owner (friend) http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?9047-error-reading-fixed-disk said that the system would not shut down last night, so she pulled the power plug. Today, when I tried to boot up I am getting a message: "no fixed disk present". So I used a floppy boot. Fdisk returns "error reading fixed disk". I tried with a different HDD, same problem. I boot with the Win98 CD an tried to re-install the O/S, Setup reads that it is unable to install Win98. I checked the physical connections and try different jumper settings http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread.php?122779-Error-reading-fixed-disk on the HDD, nothing! I tried Scanreg, etc., still negative. Ramdrive is loaded to C: I am thinking of "fdisk/mbr" --is this a good idea? Any other ideas? Thanks in advance. Do it to them before they do it to you -- and run like hell. Am I a bully, a coward or a survivor? Reply With Quote November 5th, 2002,09:27 PM #2 Train View Profile View Forum Posts Site Moderator Join Date Apr 2000 Location Sheboygan, WI Posts 52,509 At this point, can't hurt anything. But I think the hdd is done for because if fdisk can not find it. . . . . . . Suggest going to the hdd manufactors website and download their diagnostic tools and try running them. And if the hdd is lesss than 3 years old, with what the diagnostic tools gives you most will rma the hdd. SMILE and post back. Let us know if it worked. [ Book mark this post to find it again] AntiX-15, Win 7 and Win 10 Reply With Quote November 5th, 2002,09:40 PM #3 dcallen View Profile View Forum Posts Visit Homepage Virtual Intern Join Date Oct 2000 Location Brooklyn, New York Posts 136 Thanks, Train. At first I thought that the original HDD was shot, that is why I tried a second HDD, and I got the same problem. With the new disk, I can scan, and scandisk reports no errors. Setup reports that there is no FAT ot FAT32 partition,
reading Fixed Disk If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to http://www.sysopt.com/showthread.php?28929-Error-reading-Fixed-Disk proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Results 1 to 12 of 12 Thread: Error reading Fixed Disk Tweet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/archive/index.php/t-29068.html Page… Subscribe to this Thread… Search Thread Advanced Search Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 03-13-2001,08:41 PM #1 Selene View Profile View Forum Posts Junior Member Join Date Mar 2001 error reading Posts 10 Error reading Fixed Disk I am trying to perform an fdisk on my computer and am receiving "Error reading Fixed Disk" after displaying the fat32 screen. I am (and have been) using the computer and have had no trouble retrieving or saving data to/from the hard disk. Any responses would be greatly appreciated. I would like to get this fixed today if possible. Thanks Reply With Quote 03-13-2001,09:00 PM #2 error reading fixed d_blinkhorn View Profile View Forum Posts Junior Member Join Date Mar 2001 Posts 7 Have you reformatted lately? Make sure that you have a FAT32 partition on your HD. Also make sure that in BIOS it finds your HD. If that is all done then I don't know. Reply With Quote 03-13-2001,09:17 PM #3 Selene View Profile View Forum Posts Junior Member Join Date Mar 2001 Posts 10 I reformatted about october last year when I had a new hard drive put into the computer. I haven't check BIOS though - what should I look for? Reply With Quote 03-13-2001,09:25 PM #4 CCs View Profile View Forum Posts Member Join Date Dec 2000 Location Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts 123 Can you run scandisk? what type of hard drive do you have? it might be worth using the software that came with it to partition/format the drive. Reply With Quote 03-13-2001,09:34 PM #5 daverme View Profile View Forum Posts Member Join Date Jan 2001 Location Fairfax County, Virginia Posts 367 You haven't given us much to work from so I'll make a few assumptions cuz it's late here on the East Coast and I'm going to bed as soon as I submit this. Why do you want to FDISK? One only does this to wi
version of fdisk to delete these and create new Linux partitions. Now I want to remove this hdd and use it in another machine with dos but dos fdisk gives me this "Error reading fixed disk"message. Any ideas on how to get dos to "see" the hdd??. The hdd works fine with Linux and even doing a zero fill with the hdd maker's utility has not helped. Thanks Graham L09-01-2003, 05:30 PMUmm. Try using the Linux fdisk to remove all linux partitions, then make a DOS one. (I'd trust Linux fdisk to make a DOS partition, rather than trust MS FDISK to handle Linux partitions ... even removing them. :D) If you are using an old DOS FDISK, it can't cope with non-DOS partitions. :_| rmcb10-01-2003, 08:33 AMHave done that with Peanutlinux boot disks - no go, msdos can't see it. Installed DeLi Linux in console mode, set up lilo and got a no operating system message upon rebooting. Had a go at installing DR-DOS and it can't see the hard disk either. The drive will work ok in Linux if I boot of a floppy though. Bad mbr or boot sector????. Chilling_Silence10-01-2003, 08:39 AMAre you using a Win98 boot disk, as that would be what I would be inclined to try :-) Graham L10-01-2003, 02:56 PMWhat did your disk manufacturer's "zero" programme kill? If you can still use the disk in Linux, after booting with a floppy, try doing "lilo -u" to restore the MBR which existed before Linux was installed on it. That will still have the linux partitions in it (they were made before lilo was run for the first time). Then use Linux fdisk to delete the Linux partitions (which should stop it working in Linux :D), and make it acceptable to MS. It gets messy, doesn't it? rmcb10-01-2003, 03:16 PMA win98 disk wont work I've had a try!!! Will try the lilo -u think and get back to you. Thanks wuppo10-01-2003, 03:28 PMYou can 'wipe' the MBR (and included partition info) with Diskman (http://diskman.no-ip.com/) rmcb10-01-2003, 04:11 PMWell the lilo -u didn't help..... Having a look at diskman now... Cheers Graham L10-01-2003, 04:15 PMIBM give away a disk zapper. I've posted the address here: a search for "zap.exe" will find it. Terry Porritt10-01-2003, 05:57 PMThe same query cro