Erasing Quantum Fireball

Lethal` · 19 Jul 2011 at 12:05

Hi

I've got a Quantum Fireball here that needs fully erasing, however the PC I have put it into doesn't recognise it in the BIOS or at Killdisk/DBAN. How can I get it recognised?

Philtor · 19 Jul 2011 at 13:40

Have you tried changing the controller mode in the BIOS? That's all you can do really outsides of testing another cable.

Lethal` · 19 Jul 2011 at 22:21

To clarify what exactly am I looking for in the BIOS? I've tried quite a few different cables.

Surveyor · 19 Jul 2011 at 22:28

How old is this drive?

Weren't these last produced in the 1990's?

What interface does it use?

Lethal` · 19 Jul 2011 at 22:34

Surveyor said:
How old is this drive?

Weren't these last produced in the 1990's?

What interface does it use?

Your right, I think this one is 95-97. It's IDE.

vectisitch · 19 Jul 2011 at 22:37

sling it out and get a sata drive

Surveyor · 19 Jul 2011 at 22:42

Are you wanting to re-use the drive?

If you just want to erase the data for disposal then just smash it to pieces with a hammer if you can't get it work.

Does the drive have a set of jumpers like this:

Have they been set appropriately?

Lethal` · 19 Jul 2011 at 22:52

Surveyor said:
Are you wanting to re-use the drive?

If you just want to erase the data for disposal then just smash it to pieces with a hammer if you can't get it work.

Does the drive have a set of jumpers like this:

Have they been set appropriately?

Hammer suggestion is my thoughts exactly, but it's not my drive and I think they might want to reuse it.

It does have 3 pins (not 4), but there is no jumper. I thought the PC would just auto detect it anyway. Any ideas where I might find one?

Surveyor · 19 Jul 2011 at 23:47

Lethal` said:
Any ideas where I might find one?

A jumper?

An old motherboard, HDD or DVD drive if you have any knocking about.

vectisitch · 20 Jul 2011 at 09:55

if you do go down the hammer route you will need at least a 14lb sledge hammer and don't stop until you have pieces no bigger than 15 microns.when your done you will feel totally refreshed and stress free.i highly recommend it

Lethal` · 20 Jul 2011 at 14:46

Surveyor said:
A jumper?

An old motherboard, HDD or DVD drive if you have any knocking about.

Problem is the pins are literally just 3 pins side by side, not the arrangement of 8 on other drives.

The Asgard · 20 Jul 2011 at 22:27

you might have to manually set it up and set the number of cylinders .... From memory some bios had problems reading the settings. Might explain why you cant read it.

Brings back a few memories. Used a fair few fireballs.

Lethal` · 21 Jul 2011 at 12:26

The Asgard said:
you might have to manually set it up and set the number of cylinders .... From memory some bios had problems reading the settings. Might explain why you cant read it.

Brings back a few memories. Used a fair few fireballs.

Hmm can't find the options for this in AMIBIOS :confused:

The Asgard · 22 Jul 2011 at 06:53

Lethal` said:
Hmm can't find the options for this in AMIBIOS

From memory you select the HD change it from auto and you should have options to set the parameters.

Lethal` · 24 Jul 2011 at 16:28

The Asgard said:
From memory you select the HD change it from auto and you should have options to set the parameters.

Ah... the HDD doesn't show in the BIOS at all though.