1gnoramus
July 28th, 2011, 04:24 PM
I have replaced the internal 160GB SATA disk on a laptop after it bounced down a flight of stairs.
Have tried loading 11.04 from memory stick but it can't see the disk.
10.04 disk manager can see the disk (after a restart). It is not showing the disk serial numer nor firmware version. Location is Port 1 of SATA Host Adapter; Device: /dev/sda; Capacity 0 bytes.
Attempting to format the ATA Toshiba MK1676GS with Master Boot Record scheme produces error:
"Error creating partition table: helper exited with exit code 1: In part_create_partition_table:device_file=/dev/sda, scheme=0
ped_device_get() failed"
Have a missed a vital step? Duff disk? I've read that it should format ok from the install USB.
Any thoughts gratefully received.
Thank you
Have tried loading 11.04 from memory stick but it can't see the disk.
10.04 disk manager can see the disk (after a restart). It is not showing the disk serial numer nor firmware version. Location is Port 1 of SATA Host Adapter; Device: /dev/sda; Capacity 0 bytes.
Attempting to format the ATA Toshiba MK1676GS with Master Boot Record scheme produces error:
"Error creating partition table: helper exited with exit code 1: In part_create_partition_table:device_file=/dev/sda, scheme=0
ped_device_get() failed"
Have a missed a vital step? Duff disk? I've read that it should format ok from the install USB.
Any thoughts gratefully received.
Thank you