Shurt Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Ok, bit of background first. I've installed OSX on this computer and one other one 3-4 times total. I pretty much got the process down and can do it without problem. I went to install OSX on my new 120gb hdd I just purchased. Created a FAT32 logical partition, went through the process to make it usable for OSX and thats where the problems start. I selected Mac OS (Journaled) as the Erase type and clicked Erase. Waited about 2min then i got an error saying it failed (which I've gotten before and wasn't too worried about it) until i looked up to try it once more. For some reason, the OSX installation deleted the partition. Again, I wasn't too worried, just booted XP and tried to re-create the partition, using Partition Magic 8.0. When I got the program loaded, i noticed disk 1 (my new hdd) was reading "BAD". Once again, I wasn't worried, figured it was just a bad install. Tried to reformat the drive into every type Partition Magic could do and everytime i get "Error #4, bad argument/parameter". Any help would be great, even if it doesn't get me OSX back, I'd rather it just be a storage drive then a paperweight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miadlo Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 sorry to tell you this, but the bad that you are getting is probably the SMART status of the drive, so I would have to say that it is a paperweight, espically since you cant get it to partition, maybe try the windows installer to partition it? but I would recommand you return it and get your money back or another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shurt Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 Thanks for the help, I'll give the Windows installer a shot with both Vista and XP, worse case scenario I have to get a new one lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shurt Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 Thanks miadlo, using the Windows Installer for XP worked perfectly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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