format a wiped HD?

[Firebird7]

i work as an it tech and was required to wipe harddisks using gdisk which does a full disk surface wipe with dod std 7 overwrites.
now i want to format it but when booted to dos(bootdisk) and try to check the HD the system tells me no fixed drives are present.

how do i get the system to recognize it so i can reinstall the MBR and format?

 

[CrucialLabs]

What type of Hard drive is it? Most HD manufacturers will have a utility that will walk you through formatting a new hard drive to the point it will be ready for the OS. Check the manufacturers website for the program. They are very easy to use and do a wonderful job of setting the HD up.

 

[Firebird7]

i actually have a few here:
quantum fireball 10gb
quantum pioneer 8gb
wester digital caviar 20 gb
hp maxtor 30 gb

 

[CrucialLabs]

Maxtor has a good utility and so does western digital.

http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/M...tware Downloads/ATA Hard Drives&downloadID=57

Here is the link for the utility and I know Quantum is made by Maxtor but I am not too sure Maxblast will work with it so do some reading on the page to see.

Western Digitals utility can be found here:

http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp

It is called data lifeguard.

Hope this helps.

 

[Cappy]

if hard drive isnt being recognized after doing the above try cable select jumper setting .