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Disk I/O error

Jan 18, 2005 5:20PM PST

I have a 40g hard drive. My computer crashed, so I decided to do a format c: and re-install windows me. When I formatted though, it took a very long time and it kept having to look for clusters (I think that is what it was). It took a very long time. Now when I stick the boot disk in it says Searching for Boot Record from Floppy.....OK then it says Disk I/O error. Have I totally messed up this hard drive? HELP

Thanks,
Nita

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Disk I/O error
Jan 18, 2005 10:06PM PST

Just a thought.

When this format that took a very long time finished did the stats show anything abnormal?

Like maybe the HD had shrunk.

Did this HD come with a floppy?

If so and you boot the floppy is there a diag util?

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HD
Jan 18, 2005 11:29PM PST

I don't remember seeing and stats. I remember seeing some place, that I now had 39 g's. After formatting, I tried to run setup and it said bad file name. The HD did not come with a floppy, just an install disk.

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Tell the MAKE of the hard disk.
Jan 18, 2005 10:16PM PST

Then the forum may tell what FREE disk diagnostic can be found. This may not fix the drive, but tell if you need to replace it.

Bob

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Hard Drive
Jan 18, 2005 11:18PM PST

The hard drive is a Maxtor. It didnot come with a floppy. It came with an install disk.

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Use Maxdiag or boot that CD.
Jan 18, 2005 11:40PM PST
www.maxtor.com has the diagnostic to make the boot floppy if you can't figure out how to boot the CD.

Run that and see what it thinks of the drive.

Bob