hard disk error -1013

Hi there. I have a qzd notebook with an rdc 1010 flash drive. I have downloaded the new 11.2 version of opensuse and it now recognises it, so thanks for that.

Only trouble is I get an error message of:

Failure occured during following action: Setting disk label of disk /dev/sda to msdos. System error code was: -1013

A little history is required in order for you to maybe help me out.

I had windows xp installed to begin with (fool me ay!) and when I installed the adobe flash player 10, it always crashed my internet explorer, so i managed to find flash player 7, which I installed and it worked (kind of; it played videos, but stallingly; although this might be to do with the fact that i was also upgrading to IE 8 at the same time) but after a few seconds of it playing a video the computer reset and the message DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER appears. It seems that this flash player was some kind of virus and I worry that it may of damaged the flash drive, or is it that it’s just messed up the MBR. Any help much appreciated… Sev

Check in the bios that the disk is recognised and set up correctly. If it is and you still get the error, it probably means that your hdd is faulty.