About the use of FAT

[daveask]

Hi Experts,

Got problem in my hard disk, I added another hard disk as master, "problem disk" as slave.
I vave found something wrong in FAT of the "problem disk" by scandisk. I then Erased the "problem disk" by running DFT.

1. I don't know if the "problem disk" was formated (low?) or not during erasing.
2. I cannot see the "problem disk" under MyComputer.

Can you help?

 

[daveask]

Soory, the title should be "About the use of DFT

 

[bcastner]

Is "DFT" == Drive Fitness Test by Hitachi/IBM?

Depending on the options, you have erased the drive. It no longer has partition or formatting information.

Right-click "My Computer", left click Manage, left click Disk Management and partition and format the drive.

 

[daveask]

bcastner,

Yes, "DFT" == Drive Fitness Test by Hitachi/IBM.
I heard "low level format" and thought I can do this by DFT...

 

[daveask]

I have just found from

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

:
Restores drive fitness
Note: these utilities will overwrite customer data and allow repair of bad sectors.
Erase Bootsector utility (use DFT Utility option: Erase Boot Sector)
Low-level format utility (use DFT Utility option: Erase Disk)

and the second option is what I selected. Is this means my disk has been formated in low level? Why I cannot see this disk under MyComputer?

 

[bcastner]

It should show as a device under Disk Management, but until partitioned and formatted, not under My Computer.

 

[daveask]

No.....I just couldn't find the disk under Computer Management / Divice Manager or /Disk Management

 

[bcastner]

Open Disk Management again and use the Tools option to rescan your hardware.

The disk likely appears at the bottom of the list of recognized devices, and you may have to scroll the right-hand panel display downwards.