How to formatt emachine hard drive - Maxtor Hard Drive

The hard drive is the formatter in the T610.
HP has a special operating system software loaded on the hard drive, so you can't just format a blank one and install it.

The whole formatter assembly will need to be replaced.

The T610 hard drive is the formatter and has a special operating system software installed on if from HP. You can't format a hard drive and install it...so the whole formatter assembly needs to be replaced when the hard drive goes bad...

it sounds like the motherboard is going out because of the black screen

on my pc the motherboard shorted out the power supply & harddrive- I got my motherboard from ebay & also my harddrive they were reasonable

a second computer is always handy & if you decided to get a new one,you could rebuild the old one & keep it as a spare

First, this model is not color laserjet, only black.
HP LaserJet M5035 MFP
30.1.34 Cable error or loss of communication with the formatter.
1. Turn the device off and then turn the device on.
2. Make sure that the ribbon cable between the scanner control board and the formatter is not damaged and is correctly seated.
3. Make sure that the hard disk drive on the formatter is connected correctly and that the hard disk is functioning correctly.
4. If the message persists, replace the scanner control board or replace the formatter.

You could download and install Seatools, free, from the Seagate website (Seagate incorporates Maxtor). You can run a check and possibly repair the disc if it is damaged. Seatools and can also automatically report on the manufacturer's 5 year warranty, and provides a reference to have it repaired under any guarantee which may remain.

Put OS disk in shut off computer
restart computer
push ENTER to boot from cd- this is not happening.
It is possible that your OS disk isn't good

well go to my computer an you will see your falsh drive!

or its a problem with you flash drive try reformat it using hp disk formatter tool ..

then select your flash drive and format it...

if you don't know how format it using windows formatter tool... by right clicking on it and select format!

i hope it help!

do u just wann wipe it out u meen ? then right clik on it in under my computer formatt it cheak quick box for that hard drive

firstly check your cable connections, then log onto your bios setup menu during startup and check whether the Hard drive is detected by your bios, if it is then you can try to format the harddrive using the ntfs system (use the long formatt) if you are using windows xp or later if using any earlier os then formatt with the FAT32 system.
If your HDD is not detected by the bios then try to download bios updates for your motherboard and install thed in windows. is this does not work then its time to get a new HDD. thanks

place the harddrive over or under the old drive.

a IDE cable most be connected to the harddrive and to the motherboard.

and a 4-pin power cable most be connected.

CS.