Hello, I started to install the SuSE 9.0 on a 10 GB IBM hard disk which I had to partition and reformat. For some reason, I had to interrupt this partionning and now, this hard disk is seen as a 512 MB by any system, except by the Bios where the autodetection sees it as a 10 Gb hd. Should I run a low level format program and if so, which one ? Thanks in advance, Jean-Marie
Jean-Marie wrote:
I started to install the SuSE 9.0 on a 10 GB IBM hard disk which I had to partition and reformat. For some reason, I had to interrupt this partionning and now, this hard disk is seen as a 512 MB by any system, except by the Bios where the autodetection sees it as a 10 Gb hd.
Should I run a low level format program and if so, which one ?
The one in your motherboard BIOS should do it. There are other ways. Simply write all zeros to the first sector, then reboot should do it. Other partitioning info below: -- "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." Psalm 33:12 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/partitioningindex.html
On Wednesday 08 September 2004 10:38 am, Jean-Marie wrote:
Hello,
I started to install the SuSE 9.0 on a 10 GB IBM hard disk which I had to partition and reformat. For some reason, I had to interrupt this partionning and now, this hard disk is seen as a 512 MB by any system, except by the Bios where the autodetection sees it as a 10 Gb hd.
Should I run a low level format program and if so, which one ?
Thanks in advance,
Jean-Marie
Run fdisk or parted or any of the other programs that will let you look at the hd structure, and see what it tells you about the partitions. You could also redo the install and go through the partitoning portion all over again. The likelihood of needing to do a low level formatting is pretty close to zero. Richard -- Old age ain't for Sissies!
On Wednesday 08 September 2004 08:05 am, Richard wrote:
The likelihood of needing to do a low level formatting is pretty close to zero.
And the Likelihood of it doing any good is even closer to zero. BTW if this is a Deskstar there is a utility on their site for drive testing. Its a pretty good test. Customer brought in a problem drive, Deskstar utility said it was toast. Customer insisted Gibson's SpinRight would fix it, so he purchased it and guess what: Just like I told him, software can't fix hardware. Its still toast. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
John Andersen wrote:
On Wednesday 08 September 2004 08:05 am, Richard wrote:
The likelihood of needing to do a low level formatting is pretty close to zero.
And the Likelihood of it doing any good is even closer to zero.
BTW if this is a Deskstar there is a utility on their site for drive testing.
Its a pretty good test. Customer brought in a problem drive, Deskstar utility said it was toast. Customer insisted Gibson's SpinRight would fix it, so he purchased it and guess what: Just like I told him, software can't fix hardware. Its still toast.
Last year, at the local Linux user group, there was a presentation about data recovery from disks. One point the presenter made clear, was they *NEVER* use recovery tools on the original disk. They always make copy of it, and then try to recover from the copy. They can also recover from many hardware failures, including by moving the platters to another drive etc. Those services do not come cheap.
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