Urgent Help Please, Windows Install fucked...

It can't be the cable either, since you tried it on another computer and prolly used what was already in there.

This must all be very frustrating. Might not want to give up on 250GB hd yet tho', if that sapper thing is dos based it might be that it just can't handle that big a disc, maybe (although I can't figure out how it'd be so). :blink:

Anyhow, you have tried moving them from ide 0 to ide 1, and changed the boot order and things like that too by now, so if it were I, I'd have no idea what to do next. :no:

If you can get the drives to spin at all, how do they sound? Normal? Wailing?

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Originally Posted by SnnY

It can't be the cable either, since you tried it on another computer and prolly used what was already in there.

This must all be very frustrating. Might not want to give up on 250GB hd yet tho', if that sapper thing is dos based it might be that it just can't handle that big a disc, maybe (although I can't figure out how it'd be so). :blink:

Anyhow, you have tried moving them from ide 0 to ide 1, and changed the boot order and things like that too by now, so if it were I, I'd have no idea what to do next. :no:

If you can get the drives to spin at all, how do they sound? Normal? Wailing?

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Both drives are silent, but thats how they should be :( , yes tried different pc, different ide cable, different power molex (i thought i could have fucked one of htem up maybe), the error i got from zap was something like Invalid section/place/whatever, i tried formatting IDE 0 and ! even though i knew it was on 1 and still no luck. Its not really the data iv lost now its the 410gb worth of hard drives that i dont have the money to replace :(

The zapper zapped the 160gb with no errors but refuses to zap 250gb :crying:

Will shaking the hdd help? or throwing it at stuff :ermm:

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Originally Posted by Peerzy

Will shaking the hdd help? or throwing it at stuff :ermm:

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Might help your nerves, but that's about it.

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Originally Posted by SnnY

Might help your nerves, but that's about it.

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:helpsmili :helpsmili :helpsmili

Anyone know the answer :unsure:

shit man....this is teh stumper of the year so far.....
what mobo are you runnin? i assume it has the LBA support or whatever it is
have you messed about in the BIOS?
im gonna take a shot in the dark and say clear CMOS and see what happens
i mean ffs youve tried everything else :huh:

Some Intel board, this is my 'puter:

http://www.pcservicecall.co.uk/Image...56C%7D/170.JPG
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hmmm....an MSI mobo...they can be kinda touchy
can you take the 160 and get it to boot in another pc/mobo?

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Originally Posted by FKDUP74

hmmm....an MSI mobo...they can be kinda touchy
can you take the 160 and get it to boot in another pc/mobo?

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No, same problems in a totally different AMD system.

Hmm, have you tried the "on"- switch? :unsure:and was it plugged in at the time? :unsure:

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/showthread.php?t=83466 <- useful guide

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Originally Posted by Peerzy

No, same problems in a totally different AMD system.

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even after you got it to zap and format huh?
damn...hard to see frying two drives just like that :blink:

well if all fails...can you still RMA the drives?
or are they out of warranty already?