On 20150311_0406+0000, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:00:13 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > On 20150310_1410+0000, Dan Purgert wrote: > >> On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 22:07:17 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > >> > >> [ ... snip ... ] > > suggestion of running CHKDSK wasn't tried in the manner that I'm sure > > was intended because by the time I got it, I knew that it didn't boot > > Windows off the hard disk anymore. > > Try chkdsk off the boot CD then (assuming you have a Win boot disk. NTFS > tends to do awful things to drives wherein they get weird "locks" in > them. Or just use the windows disk to quick format the drive ... and > stop it there. > > Alternatively, see if there's a low-level format utility (from the drive > manufacturer) that you can run on its own. I used to have one from > Western Digital that worked nicely for writing all zeroes to the drive. >
I have two windows recovery CDs. One from the distant past, and the one that came with this machine. It will take a while. Something to keep track of today... Thanks, -- Paul E Condon [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
