undetected harddrive in win xp
- From: no@xxxxxxxxxxxx (richie2k5)
- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 06:09:40 GMT
my brother tried downloading an upgrade for his Norton Security
software on his win xp, which has expired. but was then told to
install something thats missing which linked him to the Microsoft
Website. once he downloaded it his computer crached. now his BIOS
does not recognize his harddrive. each time he restarts the memory
count runs but then pauses for sometime, but then coutinues as:
Detecting IDE drives....
Primary master: none
primary slave: none
The screen then moves normal. then the screen says:
Boot from ATAPI CDROM: Boot from ATAPI CDROM: Disk Boot Failure,
insert system disk and press enter.
I swapped the hard drive with one that has win xp, and then the OS
opens to it's desktop. i know now the harddrive controller is good.
I restarted the computer with the win xp cd, and tried going into the
repair windows option srceen to see if it can see the hard drive. the
screen showed:
Setup didnot find any hard disk drives installed in your computer.
My brother haven't backup any of his inportant files in over a month,
and doesnot want to lose them. is it possible to bring back this hard
drive alive .
thanx for any help in advance.
.
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