Magice Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Yesterday I attempted to install OSX on a 60gb IDE drive I had (Since my SATA is nforce). I wiped the partition it had in disk uitility, and installed it to the new apple one. The computer reboot onto the IDE hd and gave me a weird error (cant remember it exactly). Now disk utility can't see the HD at all, and I have tried everything to wipe the HD. Partition magic just displays it as "BAD", and all other HD wiping programs just crash when they see the HD. Any idea how how I am suppose to wipe this drive? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49187-osx-destroyed-my-hd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadeo Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Did you try to install Windows once more? Just put in the CD of WindowsXP or else and format the drive. WindowsInstall should recongnize the HDD and should be able to format! When not, you meight got a problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49187-osx-destroyed-my-hd/#findComment-351799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magice Posted April 22, 2007 Author Share Posted April 22, 2007 I tried with Vista, it said it is unable to install on the drive because of its type or something along those lines Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49187-osx-destroyed-my-hd/#findComment-351807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle67 Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 OS X instalation cannot destroy a hard drive...the time was over and (sh)it hapent when you tryied to install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49187-osx-destroyed-my-hd/#findComment-351814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magice Posted April 22, 2007 Author Share Posted April 22, 2007 It was a new harddrive though.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49187-osx-destroyed-my-hd/#findComment-351817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle67 Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 I have a Maxtor on my frezer... a new one (not the frezer). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49187-osx-destroyed-my-hd/#findComment-351819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magice Posted April 22, 2007 Author Share Posted April 22, 2007 So how can i delete this partition? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49187-osx-destroyed-my-hd/#findComment-351824 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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