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Strange error in Disk Management
I have an IDE to USB dongle that works fine with all my spare disks save
one. When I try to get it to install I get the "USB device installed correctly" tone but nothing shows up in the Computer panel. I then go to Computer Management and check on the disk. It is showing with a tiny red mark of some kind (very hard for my eyes to see) and the word "unknown" under Disk1. In addition, 'not initialized' is under the unknown notification. Right click on the disk and choose Initialize Disk. The pop up shows Disk 1 as checked and the radio button for MBR is pushed. Clicking "OK" produces the error "Incorrect Function" - which is what baffles me. How can it be an incorrect function if it is the only one selected? Is this a bug or an indication of some esoteric error that the disdk manager can't deal with? Questor |
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Strange error in Disk Management
An option to initializing the disk - format. "Questor" wrote in message ... I have an IDE to USB dongle that works fine with all my spare disks save one. When I try to get it to install I get the "USB device installed correctly" tone but nothing shows up in the Computer panel. I then go to Computer Management and check on the disk. It is showing with a tiny red mark of some kind (very hard for my eyes to see) and the word "unknown" under Disk1. In addition, 'not initialized' is under the unknown notification. Right click on the disk and choose Initialize Disk. The pop up shows Disk 1 as checked and the radio button for MBR is pushed. Clicking "OK" produces the error "Incorrect Function" - which is what baffles me. How can it be an incorrect function if it is the only one selected? Is this a bug or an indication of some esoteric error that the disdk manager can't deal with? Questor |
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Strange error in Disk Management
Nope. When I click the OK button I immediately get the error. There are no further options displayed. Questor --- An option to initializing the disk - format. wrote in message ... I have an IDE to USB dongle that works fine with all my spare disks save one. When I try to get it to install I get the "USB device installed correctly" tone but nothing shows up in the Computer panel. I then go to Computer Management and check on the disk. It is showing with a tiny red mark of some kind (very hard for my eyes to see) and the word "unknown" under Disk1. In addition, 'not initialized' is under the unknown notification. Right click on the disk and choose Initialize Disk. The pop up shows Disk 1 as checked and the radio button for MBR is pushed. Clicking "OK" produces the error "Incorrect Function" - which is what baffles me. How can it be an incorrect function if it is the only one selected? Is this a bug or an indication of some esoteric error that the disdk manager can't deal with? Questor |
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Strange error in Disk Management
On 5/28/2010 5:28 PM, Questor wrote:
Nope. When I click the OK button I immediately get the error. There are no further options displayed. Questor --- An option to initializing the disk - format. wrote in message ... I have an IDE to USB dongle that works fine with all my spare disks save one. When I try to get it to install I get the "USB device installed correctly" tone but nothing shows up in the Computer panel. I then go to Computer Management and check on the disk. It is showing with a tiny red mark of some kind (very hard for my eyes to see) and the word "unknown" under Disk1. In addition, 'not initialized' is under the unknown notification. Right click on the disk and choose Initialize Disk. The pop up shows Disk 1 as checked and the radio button for MBR is pushed. Clicking "OK" produces the error "Incorrect Function" - which is what baffles me. How can it be an incorrect function if it is the only one selected? Is this a bug or an indication of some esoteric error that the disdk manager can't deal with? Questor Can you identify the make & model of the disk drive, and perhaps the approximate date of mfr? A few drives were/are subject to a firmware update. Jumpers may also come into play. |
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Strange error in Disk Management
--- On 5/28/2010 5:28 PM, Questor wrote: Nope. When I click the OK button I immediately get the error. There are no further options displayed. Questor --- An option to initializing the disk - format. wrote in message ... I have an IDE to USB dongle that works fine with all my spare disks save one. When I try to get it to install I get the "USB device installed correctly" tone but nothing shows up in the Computer panel. I then go to Computer Management and check on the disk. It is showing with a tiny red mark of some kind (very hard for my eyes to see) and the word "unknown" under Disk1. In addition, 'not initialized' is under the unknown notification. Right click on the disk and choose Initialize Disk. The pop up shows Disk 1 as checked and the radio button for MBR is pushed. Clicking "OK" produces the error "Incorrect Function" - which is what baffles me. How can it be an incorrect function if it is the only one selected? Is this a bug or an indication of some esoteric error that the disdk manager can't deal with? Questor Can you identify the make & model of the disk drive, and perhaps the approximate date of mfr? A few drives were/are subject to a firmware update. Jumpers may also come into play. It is, or was, a Maxtor 80Gb drive. I have determined that it has crashed - permanently. The heads will not load. All they do is cycle to the disk and then snap back. No hope for it now. Since they never loaded, I figure the error was Disk Manager's way of telling that 'something went wrong' by giving me the first error that popped into it's little mind. My thanks to the folks who answered me. Questor |