martymas Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 (edited) i had a 20gig maxtor hddgiven to me by a med centeri tried to fdisk it but it would only get to 50 percentand then start rescanning i have a feeling it has been shredded is there a recovery tool for shredded hddsthanks marty Edited February 11, 2007 by martymas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Use Maxblast to test the hard drive.Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and UtilitiesSeagate bought Maxtor. Here's the troubleshooting page ofr Maxtor ATA drives.ATA Troubleshooter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MrBill Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 You could also try a 0 (zero) write on the HD.http://www.snapfiles.com/get/killdisk.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted February 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 ok i tried the maxtor scanner and it says it is a failing hddwich just goes to show how that medical center got ripped of they were saddled with a compt with a failing hdd and it never worked properly they gave it to me to test and i knew i could get help herei was suspicious as when i tried to fdisk it would only get to 50 percent and then would stopmany thanks TT i havent had a chance to test bills link but probably dont need to nowthey will sue the compnay i presume as the company didnt think they had the expertise to find any thing wrongmany thanks again martyps: that medical center bought 14 compt for their office use so god knows how many are affectedlm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lefty1953 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 ok i tried the maxtor scanner and it says it is a failing hddwich just goes to show how that medical center got ripped of they were saddled with a compt with a failing hdd and it never worked properly they gave it to me to test and i knew i could get help herei was suspicious as when i tried to fdisk it would only get to 50 percent and then would stopmany thanks TT i havent had a chance to test bills link but probably dont need to nowthey will sue the compnay i presume as the company didnt think they had the expertise to find any thing wrongmany thanks again martyps: that medical center bought 14 compt for their office use so god knows how many are affectedlmMight be just an isolated drive that was bad from the factory or a refurbished one that is bad. I'm sure they will replace it without any trouble. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irregularjoe Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 (edited) EVERY hard drive will eventually have a fatal failure.Much like us humans,..... if you think about it. Back up, back up, and then back up again. Edited February 13, 2007 by irregularjoe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete_C Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 I would still use kill disk and then use the maxtor drive partitioning and formatting tool and then retest. I have seen this happen when someone tried to partition for linux install and then tried to fdisk over and quit part way through. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 hi pete how do i do that ive cut a kill disk floppy and when i hook up the faulty drive and insert the floppy it says take the media out and reboot ive set the boot order from the floppy im sure not up with the playide like to try your method just for a learning curve marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lefty1953 Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 hi pete how do i do that ive cut a kill disk floppy and when i hook up the faulty drive and insert the floppy it says take the media out and reboot ive set the boot order from the floppy im sure not up with the playide like to try your method just for a learning curve marty Do you have the HD hooked up to another system? Just run Killdisk from the other HD on the bad HD. Then run Maxtor Tools on it. Or you will need a bootable Floppy with both MAxtor Tools and Killdisk on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 (edited) Marty, when using KillDisk do not have any hard drives except for the one you want to zero out in the computer (set as Master). You could accidently wipe out your personal hard drive. The correct KillDisk download will self install to a formatted floppy. It sounds like you just copied the file to the floppy.Booting from Floppy for Free versionPut in a floppy disk in the floppy drive then open My Computer. Right click on your floppy drive then select Format. Check the box for Quick format and click Start. Leave the floppy disk in the drive. Download KillDisk from the link Bootable Floppy Disk Creator for Active@ KillDisk under "or use 1 step Bootable Floppy Creation". When you double click the downloaded file it will create the floppy for you (self-extracting).When you boot from this floppy just follow the directions.You will need to FDISK and format the hard drive after you zero it out. Pull the KillDisk floppy out of the floppy drive when it is completed then put in a Windows boot disk in the floppy drive and reboot. Follow the FDISK procedure for Partitioning a New Drive - Single Large Partition. Once that is done format the drive.I use this WinME bootdisk from Radifed to FDISK and fromat. Just format a floppy as you did for KillDsik then install this to it just like for KillDisk (self-extracting).http://radified.com/Files/bootmec.exe Edited February 16, 2007 by TheTerrorist_75 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted February 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 (edited) from TT"slink i emailed maxtor seagate and explained what had happened to the hddand after scanning what was the chances for recoveryas it is no matter to me i really wanted to see if these compnents could be restored on line but unfortunately they have to be sent to the factory but it is a good learning experience for me. here is a draft of the reply i got back from a peter rodriguesfrom maxtor im happy with that result marty---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We are the data recovery division.Cost of data recovery depends on the complexity of the case.We need to examine the hard drive to determine the cost.To summarize briefly:Priority service, within about 1 week, about $700. to $2,900.Economy service, within about 3 to 4 weeks, about $500. to $1,500.Economy service is available for most cases.However, there is no Economy service for some kinds of cases,including if previously opened (seals broken), and other cases that involve SCSI drives,or Unix operating systems, and a few others which have added complexityThanks very much.With appreciation,PeterPeter RodriguesSenior Case ManagerSeagate Recovery ServicesPhone: Australia toll free 800-5631-1670 ext 234Fax: Australia toll free 800-6333-3282Email: [email protected]Web: http://services.seagate.com-----Original Message-----From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 4:30 AMSubject: Seagate.com Web Site Inquiry Edited February 17, 2007 by martymas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lefty1953 Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Marty, when using KillDisk do not have any hard drives except for the one you want to zero out in the computer (set as Master). You could accidently wipe out your personal hard drive. The correct KillDisk download will self install to a formatted floppy. It sounds like you just copied the file to the floppy.Booting from Floppy for Free versionPut in a floppy disk in the floppy drive then open My Computer. Right click on your floppy drive then select Format. Check the box for Quick format and click Start. Leave the floppy disk in the drive. Download KillDisk from the link Bootable Floppy Disk Creator for Active@ KillDisk under "or use 1 step Bootable Floppy Creation". When you double click the downloaded file it will create the floppy for you (self-extracting).When you boot from this floppy just follow the directions.You will need to FDISK and format the hard drive after you zero it out. Pull the KillDisk floppy out of the floppy drive when it is completed then put in a Windows boot disk in the floppy drive and reboot. Follow the FDISK procedure for Partitioning a New Drive - Single Large Partition. Once that is done format the drive.I use this WinME bootdisk from Radifed to FDISK and fromat. Just format a floppy as you did for KillDsik then install this to it just like for KillDisk (self-extracting).http://radified.com/Files/bootmec.exeGlad you pointed that out. I have never used Killdisk and just assumed it would work from another HD by stating the drive you wanted to Kill. So it is a download to floppy deal huh? Glad I never needed it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Yes, you either install it to a floppy disk or they have an ISO to burn to a bootable CD. If used wrong it can wipe the wrong drive if you aren't paying attention. It is quite simple to run and works very well. The free version will only do one pass, but that is usually enough to straighten out a corrupted drive. I use it to clean any used hard drive I save from from customer computers when upgrading. I have some drives that were causing them problems, yet after running KillDisk they worked fine. The customers still didn't trust the hard drive so I would keep them for my use. My XP setup resides on one of those drives right now. It is an older IBM and has been running without issue for ten months. It passes all S.M.A.R.T. tests. Knock on wood. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted February 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 hi TT yes that disk is not to bad but when i isolate the drive im tryng restoreit gives me this messagetake out the media and reboot i cant think why it is doing this sort of thing with your disk you linked i tried it on another hddand it worked great tho i wasen going to use it other than storagepete said if a linux os has been installed on that disk the partitions will stopped you from accessing it and it has had lycoris on it so he may be rightbut ime trying again now marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 (edited) Seeing as it had 'nix on it try QtParted to format the drive as FAT32. Then you could use KillDisk. Edited February 18, 2007 by TheTerrorist_75 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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