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Fujitsu drive won't boot. 1

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G0AOZ

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Nov 6, 2002
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Fujitsu 2.5" HDD model MHT2020AT has been working fine. Not used for last 3 months after being replaced in laptop with bigger drive. Any operating system can be successfully installed on it, but it simply refuses to boot. No message, just hangs with flashing cursor.

Have done a complete disk check and scan on it from a working XP machine, and no errors in Event log.

Have run Fujitsu's Disk Drive Diagnostic Tool v.6.61 on it, but no errors showed up.

Any ideas as to what's gone wrong and why it doesn't show up as an error anywhere? Anything else I can try, or is it now to be consigned as a spacer to cure that wobbly table?


ROGER - G0AOZ.
 
Hi Roger,

Is this now back in the original laptop or another?

Is it left unjumpered or jumpered to master?

(worst case scenario - it would make a decent external drive.)
 
Thanks Satrow. Been tried in the original laptop, a different one, and a desktop via the usual 2.5/3.5" converter.

Jumpering hasn't been altered since the drive was bought new some years ago. Has no jumper in place, which equates to DEVICE 0, which I take as Master.

It has previously booted ok when connected to the Primary IDE on my desktop bench rig - no go now though...

ROGER - G0AOZ.
 
Hmm, well I've not tried anything in there yet... The problem occurs even with a FAT32 file system, e.g. Windows 98.

I've tried FDISK /MBR and also checked that the partition is active, and now I have set Quick Tech doing a complete zero fill of the whole drive. This will take a while, so will report back later...

ROGER - G0AOZ.
 
The zero fill appears to have solved it, although I am not sure exactly why. Anyhow, drive now working ok thanks.

ROGER - G0AOZ.
 
Phew, some relief there then, Roger? Have a star for sorting it under your own steam!

Must've been some corrupt data somewhere in the first sector, I guess but outside the MBR area?
 
Yes, pretty strange huh... That (working) drive was taken out of my own personal laptop when I upgraded to a bigger one about 3 months ago. It was placed in the antistatic bag in which the new drive arrived, and has remained there ever since.

Thanks for your help - much appreciated.

ROGER - G0AOZ.
 
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