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SATA drive reports capacity = 0kb
it shows up as 0 kb in the BIOS... The only jumper settings information for the drive i have found are turning on and of spread spectrum clocking (which i have tried with the default on and also with it off(no jumper))... ill try to find information on SATA-1 or SATA-2 jumper settings.....- Swytch63
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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SATA drive reports capacity = 0kb
I have already tried the Western Digital diagnostic software, along with a whole slew of other utilities... It is not under warranty anymore. I already tried replacing the MBR with Fdisk, it just says "writing MBR at offset 0" then immediately goes back to the command prompt. thank you for...- Swytch63
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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SATA drive reports capacity = 0kb
Im trying to fix a hard drive of my brothers that is now reporting that the capacity is 0kb. He thinks it might be the result of a power spike or failure. I can get some tools to recognize it, but they cant really do anything to it, I have even tried formatting the disk, which just fails. It was...- Swytch63
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