Cannot Format Internal HDD!

[l2ounak]

Hey guys, Ive tried almost every distro and only iPC and iDeneb recognize my internal hard drive!
I successfully installed it onto my external drive but couldnt get the wifi working. But its no point for OSx to be on an external drive since i would have to carry it around!

So when I try to format my drive or even partition it, it gives me an error "Input/Output Error"
I also created partitions from Windows 7 (Created NTFS, FAT32)
I also used Partition Magic (GParted) to make HFS+.
Everything is being detected but cant be erased/formatted nor partitioned from disk utility!!
I really dont know how to get through this, Ive been looking for a solution for about 2 weeks now :( Please look into this!

The drive is totally formatted and it has nothing on it! Right now i have windows 7 installed but i am willing to format it again as long as i can be able to format through Disk Utility at the time of installation!

Please guys, help me on this!

Thanks a lot in advance :)

[00010]

Sounds like some kinda chipset incompatability , or controller incompatability for you hard drive, Is it an IDE interface or other?




00010

[l2ounak]

Sounds like some kinda chipset incompatability , or controller incompatability for you hard drive, Is it an IDE interface or other


00010

how would you find out regarding whether it is IDE or other?

[JohnnyBoyClub]

I think the best way is to insert your operating boot cd and reinstall all , or make a bootable disket to enter the console and format it from there.
After this you should allways backup ur software with a free one like http://www.dmailer.com/dmailer-backup.html.
Is a free software that offers you the ability to store the backup online on their servers , and also it has a lot of usefull features in it.