HD advance 2.0 wont work - help!

[buddychrist37]

finally got my HD advance 2.0 (couldn't find hdloader anywheres) today. I have a brand new oem Maxtor 60y80po (or whatever) 80gb drive. I put in the disc, it asks to format my drive (went OK), then i pop in a legally owned disc (it converts fine), and then i run it i think ---then the screen goes black.

i reboot HD advance, the game is not listed, it says i have 74gb free, however, when i pop in any other game to convert, it says to free up more space on my drive and it wont convert.

THERE IS NOTHING ON MY DRIVE!!

is my drive toast, or is there a way i can reformat it!?!?