Ok great yes i had downloaded that earlier but i never used the advanced feature to wipe the drive by writing zeros to it. I will tear my laptop apart once more to restore the wd file then run the advanced diagnostics.
I will keep you posted on my results. Thanks once again for the help you are...
Still pulling my hair out over this. The hard drive isnt being recognized. I figured maybe since its an OEM harddrive that it wasnt formatted. I am using a DELL XPS 15 laptop, so I pulled the laptop harddrive out and put int he WD 320gb harddrive and using a windows Xp install disc as i had read...
Thanks for the guide, but I have a problem, dont know if this was supposed to happen. I purchased a WD3200BPVT and downloaded the .bin file for the 320gb drive. Hddhackr found the drive no problem, when i went to flash, I got a message that the size didnt match Microsoft. Then got the same...