Re: Toshiba (MK1032GAX) 100 GB Hard Drive has been damage...
Sometimes the logic board can be replaced, you got to look on the label and find the exact numbers, in a search on ebay or other websites that specialize in those logic boards...
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Manufacturers rate the capacity of their hard drives in an unformatted state. When you format a hard drive the actual capacity drops approx. 10% and in this case it leaves you with 147Gb capacity.
Go to Disk Management. Right-Click on the drive that is there that matches your Hard Drive capacity (At the top part). And click on "Change Drive Letter and Path" and assign it one.
If your drive is not being recognized in that console, then you might need to check the physical connections. Otherwise, you might have a bad drive.
The reason why Windows XP installation CD cannot detect the hard drive is because your Toshiba has a SATA hard drive and the Windows installation CD does not have the SATA driver on the CD. If you do not have the SATA driver then you can get around this problem. Please click on this link and follow my instructions :- http://www.fixya.com/support/r4335035-installing_windows_xp_sata_hard_drive
back it up immediately, the software on the HD has detected something failing, and it is telling you it is time to back up that drive, and replace the drive, these reports, are usually 100% right.
Linux may be on another partition and Windows cannot recognize it, otherwise the MBR could be damaged and you should conect it externally and run a disk check on the drive.
Yes, there is. Match the type of drive (Serial ATA or Parallel ATA) you get with what you have. Make sure your Satellite sees the drive in the BIOS. For drives larger than 120 GB, recommend operating systems Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or higher) or Vista. Older OS's have a 137 GB limitation (they only see the first 137 GB of the hard drive despite its size).
reset cmos by removing the small round cmos battery located on the motherboard for about 5 seconds, replace and reboot. All passwords should be reset to empty. Hope this helps.
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