Xbox hdm issues detecting xbox hdd!

Hi!

I burnt a new copy of xbox hdm v1.9 with the latest ms-dash in c.

I can get to the option select screen - i do:

1 noapic apm=off (for some reason without those the thing crashes and restarts)

Then the odd following error appears half way down :

hdb: Unknown partition table

hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error}
hdb: error = 0x01 {AddrMarkNotFound}, LBAsect=4609027, sector = 4609027

and repeat the above 2 lines on and on and on and on then says I/O error dev 03:40 (hdb) sector 4609027

The harddrive was taken out of a V1.0 xbox - I dont have the eeprom for the xbox backed up as this was my first time dealing with a softmod. I am unsure as to wether or not the xbox drive works, as I get error 16 with the drive in and everything plugged in normally instead of a dash.

Please help me - do you think the drive is dead / or possibly i unlocked it incorrectly or would this not happen for that case?

I dont know how relevant this is but i tried the pc with the hdd in master slave and dvd drive in master primary - doubt thats the issue tho, cos the bios detects it etc.

Thanks in advance

Andy