Re: Hard Drive major problem - what to do...

On 22 May 2007 20:02:32 -0700, write2alexng@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Well, I boot up and let BIOS detects it again, it seems fine and
correctly be detected by the bios as a LBA drive with correct numbers.
Once it boots up again with a simple DOS disk, it claimed find no
harddrive, similar with Windows's CD. I noticed when PC boot up, quick
flash shows the harddrive still like the one the kid has entered
before "CHS, xxxx ".
[snip]

Go into the BIOS and look for "AUTO" setting rather than manual CHS
setting and let BIOS detect the correct drive at next boot.
.

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