My guess is that something happened to the hard drive's controller circuitry, but that's just a stab in the dark since I don't know the make, model, size, or what you've tried. I'd start with the Seagate stand alone Seatools and see what tells you. If that doesn't help, you could boot from a Linux DVD and check it out. If nothing else works, there's always Darik's Nuke and Boot (DBAN).
Good luck.
Alright, so there's something strange going on with my computer, and even after some research on Google, I can't find any answers and something tells me that what's going on here is a rather unique problem. Sorry if I posted this in the wrong forum or something but if it is then I'll be ok with it if the mods move it or something. <_< >_>
So a while ago one of my computers suddenly acted a bit strange and then eventually stopped working entirely, beginning to load the OS but then stopping because of reasons that sadly, I can't exactly remember, but what I do remember is that it was a rather vague reason which didn't help me out at all. >_> So eventually I decided to try installing a different OS on it and see if that works by wiping it and hopefully getting rid of the problem. ![]()
But that didn't help at all, now the same thing happens except the error message is "Insufficient memory to initialize OS" or something like that, and my dad thinks it's because the hard drive wasn't wiped all the way for some reason, and even after messing around with it for a bit, it always- ALWAYS said that, even AFTER we tried burning some programs that are meant for this kind of stuff to discs and ran it through, effectively wasting a disc and a whole lot of time =(
So my question is, is there any other reason why this hard drive refuses to erase, and how? Any responses will be much appreciated, as we have been trying to fix this darn thing for a while but haven't had much luck :/
Thanks! =)

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