20 Most Recent Quantum Fireball Lct20 (QML30000LD-A) 30 GB Hard Drive Questions & Answers

Written on the FireballPlus AS label it says
C/H/S: 16383/16/63 = 16514064
( averages out to 1817 bytes/sector )
LBA's: 58633344
( x 512bytes/Blk = 30,020,272,130Bytes )

if you look on de gd it shows you to set the jumper on Master and slave just take a closer look

Open "My Computer".
Right-click on the icon for the Quantum.
Choose 'FORMAT' and run it.
It will delete _ALL_ the files from your disk-drive.

press delete during boot up process enter BIOS then f1 for general help then run chkdsk/f which will automatically fix any corrupt files on your hard drive
replace all the leads that attach to your hard drive including electrical extensions + IDE,SATA and the ones that attach from your motherboard to hard drive
ps good luck

Go to driverguide.com and do a search

You have two separate questions.

1. I have a Quantum hard drive which got a burn on one of it chip on the green part it is from an IBM aptiva 95 all of my data is on it .

Unless you can find an _identical_ hard-drive, and disconnect the electronics from that disk-drive, and then connect the electronics to your hard-drive, your data is "lost". Or, find a "Data Recovery Service" -- for a large fee, they will repair your disk-drive, just long enough to burn a bunch of CD/DVD disks to hold all the "data".


2. I have onother that I have accendentally delete one of the partition which is the C drive

Download the "Partition Tool Editor" by the PowerQuest PartitionMagic people (now owned by Symantec):

ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities/ptedit.zip

Unzip the file, and, while the "accident-prone" disk is connected ot your computer, run 'PTEDIT.EXE' to change the Partition Boot Table, to "undelete" the partition. It's *NOT* a tool for "novices" -- think carefully before making any changes to the Partition Table.

Did you switch the jumper config back to Master or CableSelect before trying to install them as a single drive? Also check the Maxtor website, (they owned Quantum too), for the correct jumper settings. Some of these drives (like the Quantum Fireball lct series) need TWO jumpers not just one.That was the trick that fixed mine from not being recognized by the Bios or the Windows setup disk....I got it used with only a single jumper, but it needed two to put it Cable Select mode.

Turns out this particular drive needs TWO jumpers on it, to set it to CS. I received it used with a single jumper in the Master position, but after checking the Maxtor/Quantum website, it listed the jumper positions and showed the second jumper. As soon as I installed the TWO jumpers in the correct position, the Dimension 3000 booted right up and let me reinstall Windows. I had scoured the internet for many hours looking for a solution, none solved it until I decided to check the manufacturers website. Always start there!- Solved!

I have the same thing and here is your solution.
http://www.babooforum.com.br/idealbb/files/152532-Maxtor2.jpg

Worked perfect for me afterwards. :)

If the bios does not see it at anything bigger than 9MB then the system will not do anything more than that. Did you install the drive on the same cable as your primary drive? If so make sure that the jumpers are correct. Try puting the drive on the secondary cable with nothing else on the cable. If you do have it on the secondary cable Im going to guess that you have a CD rom or DVD rom on the cable. You might try puting the jumpers on cable select for both devices remembering that the one on the end of the cable will normally end up being the master. Try just working with the secondary cable so that you dont have any issues with drive conflicts with the Primary master drive. Once you see the full drive amount in the bios then you can format the new slave. Fat 32 is the flie system of choice for Win ME so try the newer file system after you see the full drive size in the bios. I use a program called casper XP but you can get a free program from most drive manufacturers. I like the Western Digital Lifeguard program. Its easy to use and works on almost any drive. Hope this helps... Dale

go to quantum website, download manual, check for correct jumper settings

please refer to the following link
http://www.pcguide.com/proc/setup/hdd-c.html

Please use defragmenter to examine your harddrive. If your drive detected on your CMOS system that's possible having a bad cluster. In accessing the defragmetation goto Start> Programs> Accessories> System Tools> Disk Defragmenter. Then select the the volume of drive you want to defrag and click defragment. Wait until processing done. Defragmenter is working automatically to fix any bad sector found in your hardware so there is no problem how to fix it.

Hope this will be helpful to you, rate me SOLVED!


Best regards,

philip

Yes, try looking for FILESALVAGE.

Hi, if the drive was working you should be able to use auto detection in the bios to detect the settings, but what you have described doesnt sound like the board on the hard drive, i would think the only way to recover the files is send the drive to seagate and they give you a price to retrieve the data.. you can get more info on.. www.seagate.com