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  1. michaltj

    Western Digital Hard Drive Problem

    http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm Select Windows 98 SE OEM
  2. michaltj

    Western Digital Hard Drive Problem

    If you want to format the HDD on your PC, you can attach both HDDs, yours and your friend's, boot from yours and then format friend's HDD. If you have Win98 rescue disk, you can boot from it and then format friend's HDD, but then again, you will need to format the friend's HDD in friend's PC...
  3. michaltj

    Western Digital Hard Drive Problem

    If you want to install XP, then it should be done on your friend's computer. During installation HDD will be formatted anyway, just make sure you select full format. If you want to install 98, then that's a different story. Do you know how many connectors for HDD, CD/DVD devices you have...
  4. michaltj

    Western Digital Hard Drive Problem

    If there is no data you need on friend's HDD, you can simply format it on his computer during XP installation process. Make sure you select FULL format. If you need to grab any data of the friend's HDD, hook it up to your PC, but boot the system from your HDD. ( I assume you have win XP?)...
  5. michaltj

    Western Digital Hard Drive Problem

    First of all, if you setup XP and give the HDD back to your friend, XP won't work, it will complain (at least to my knowledge). About the read error, I would guess it's a bad sector. Run a scandisk on the HDD.
  6. michaltj

    Hard drive shorts 12 volts rail

    There is no visible damage to any of SMDs on PSU and HDD PCBs. I've placed an order for a new HDD, it should arrive in couple of days. Thanks for all the help, I hope I can contribute some day too.
  7. michaltj

    Hard drive shorts 12 volts rail

    The power supply does not work, blown fuse. It will take some effort to change it, its soldered to the pcb. All the other components work, in fact the computer is operational with a different PSU and HDD. I'll buy matching hard drive next week, and swap the fuse over the weekend. I do not...
  8. michaltj

    Hard drive shorts 12 volts rail

    paparazi PSU also does not work, but if it caused the HDD to fail, I guess it would also burn other devices that use the 12V rail. I have floppy drive, DVD-ROM, another HDD and they all work OK. I know 12V also goes into the motherboard, I do not know exactly what needs 12V there, but...
  9. michaltj

    Hard drive shorts 12 volts rail

    Thank you for your advices Unfortunately I do not have the exact match. I have access to 4 other Seagate drives, all 7200.7 models. 3 of them are 80GB Ultra ATA/100, one is 200GB SATA. My friend and I swapped the broken board with each of them, but no luck so far. It spins up with all 4, so...
  10. michaltj

    Hard drive shorts 12 volts rail

    Hi I have a 200GB Seagate 7200.7 Ultra ATA/100 (ST3200822A). It shorts the 12 volts rail. I am planing to change the circuit board. I have access to similar drive, but its SATA. I assume they only differ in the circuit board. Does anybody have any experience in such failure?

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