New Hard Drive Doa?

[Bubba Bob]

Hey Guys,

My new 200Gb Seagate HDD came in today. When i first plugged it in and booted into windows using my old HDD windows recognized the drive. So, I restarted my PC and attempted to install windows on the new drive. It got stuck at formating the drive. It just sat at 0%. So, i rebooted and tried again. This time it didnt recognize the drive at all.

It just sits their and clicks.

Is this POS dead?

[deaf_girl]

Did you set the jumpers to the right setting (master/slave)?

[Bubba Bob]

Thanks Deaf_Girl. Yes, the jumpers are set correctly.

I just tried booting with my old HDD unplugged, still nothing.

[deaf_girl]

I'm a little out of my element here on the clicking noise, but if it is making noise while it's spinning, It's a sign of a bad drive. I usually put my hand on it and if I feel knocking while spinning I know it's dying.

If the jumpers are right but windows won't install, it's time to return it. Sorry

[robroy]

did you format /partition the drive?

did you get any software with the hd? did you use it?

[Bubba Bob]

I download Seagates HDD Wizard. It was able to get to the stage of copy my old files to the new hard drive, but then I got the blue screen of death.

It was able to partition the drive though. I tried installing window on on of the partitions, but that was when it just sat at 0%.

[robroy]

did you format?

[Bubba Bob]

did you format?

I tried formatting using the XP disc but it never went past 0%.

EDIT:

Here's a time line

First HDD Set-up Attempt -Blue Screen Of Death

2nd - Hang Up On Formatting

3rd - Window XP Installation Stopped Recognizing the Drive

Edited December 2, 2005 by Bubba Bob

[Pete_C]

did you format?

I tried formatting using the XP disc but it never went past 0%.

EDIT:

Here's a time line

First HDD Set-up Attempt -Blue Screen Of Death

2nd - Hang Up On Formatting

3rd - Window XP Installation Stopped Recognizing the Drive

Do you have XP SP2 install cd? If not, you are faced with the 137GB drive size limit. There should either be a jumper to set or you can use the seagate disk prep tool on the CD to limit the drive to the size useable by OS other than XP SP2 .

[Bubba Bob]

I chopped it up into 5 partitions with the Seagate software before the @#%^ hit the fan, would this take care of the size limit problem?

Oh, i tried to install XP SP1 on a ~10 Gig partition.

Edited December 2, 2005 by Bubba Bob

[IEatHardDrives]

That drive sounds DOA where did you buy it from?

[TheTerrorist_75]

Before RMAing the drive try a new IDE cable. Also check the 4-pin molex power supply connector to the drive ( I had a bad one causing my drive to click and not be recognized).

[Bubba Bob]

Thanks Guys.

I tried diff. IDE cables and power connectors last night.

I shipped it back to Newegg this mornin.

[bozodog]

Hey Bubba. Did you ever get your VoIP working right?

[Bubba Bob]

Hey Bubba. Did you ever get your VoIP working right?

Hey Bozo.

My VOIP works, the problem was my router. The router still disconnects me alot, but I guess ill have to live with that.

[bozodog]

I don't know a lot about routers... (because my hubby is the geek) But when we first set up ours we had a lot of disconnects. TheBrit kept changing the "something" (Ip address?) and finally we're good to go... Only time we get an interruption is when Charter goes down/out.