Can't Reformat Hard Drive!!

raptorman

Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I may give Dban a try as mentioned by superscaper.

FYI, the PC doesn't have a floppy drive as it was a hand built gaming system that I picked up second hand.

Surely if I could install Ubuntu then the HD is physically ok?

I will open her up tomorrow and find out what make the HD is and check the manufacturers website.

The error I got when the format failed was a BSOD telling me the HD may be damaged and to check all connections.

ormus

the ultimate boot disk (free off the net) has lots of hdd diagnostic progs on it. from all the major hdd makers.

it also has lots of formatting tools etc..
a very handy utility disk.

albertross_2

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287

sheedatali

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

this will wipe everything off your drive, i have used it and it works great, and it is free

MercilessKiller

Are you blind sheedatali? I mean ok your trying to help, but if you read upwards you'll see other people have already recommended it lol!

It could still be a problem with the hard drive as sco0ter suggests due to bad sectors which ubuntu can skip. Dban will remove the MBR so then when reinstalling windows it may not come across the bad sector...

Give Dban ago but hard drives are relatively cheap these days YOu could always use your current one as a slave drive for backup.

PistonBroke_2

raptorman wrote: »

Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I may give Dban a try as mentioned by superscaper.

FYI, the PC doesn't have a floppy drive as it was a hand built gaming system that I picked up second hand.

Surely if I could install Ubuntu then the HD is physically ok?

I will open her up tomorrow and find out what make the HD is and check the manufacturers website.

The error I got when the format failed was a BSOD telling me the HD may be damaged and to check all connections.

Does D ban come in ISO format ??? as i couldn't get it too work without a Floppy + it Formatted my USB Stick 12Gb of Data down the Drain :eek:

But thats neither here nor there as Seagates software did it's Job and finally i got a wiped HD :T what HD do you have Raptor as using Seagate software from an ISO was a piece of cake and i've Heard Western digital is the same ?

Equally if you used DBAN and got it to work i'd be interested in the results

sheedatali

yea my bad, actually I was just whizzing through threads during lunch time and did not saw the link, only if had read all the posts i would not have posted