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Hack&Lube · 04-10-2007, 05:38 AM

I think that's going to be problematic, especially for any of the real diagnostic tools for HDDs since USB support at boot isn't native. If the operating system isn't recognizing it, something may have gone wrong during your format through the OS.

If it were me, I'd would crack it open, take out the drive (probably laptop HDD) and hook it up directly to the computer with an adapter and boot up with a floppy loaded with WD's HDD diagnostic/recovery tools.

04-10-2007, 05:38 AM	#3
Hack&Lube Atomic Nerd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	I think that's going to be problematic, especially for any of the real diagnostic tools for HDDs since USB support at boot isn't native. If the operating system isn't recognizing it, something may have gone wrong during your format through the OS. If it were me, I'd would crack it open, take out the drive (probably laptop HDD) and hook it up directly to the computer with an adapter and boot up with a floppy loaded with WD's HDD diagnostic/recovery tools. Last edited by Hack&Lube; 04-10-2007 at 06:13 AM.