[CTS] Re: hard drive problem...???...urgent
- From: Hal Brown <hal@xxxxxxxx>
- To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 06:25:51 -0500
When you boot the computer, hold the Del key (or whatever it takes to get
into the BIOS). On the first menu you should see the drives listed as:
Primary Master
Primary Slave
Secondary Master
Secondary Slave
This depends on who made your computer, but usually you will see some
variation of this. You should see Auto after each one of these. Using the
arrow key, move to the Primary Master and press Enter. That should
auto-detect the drive and you should see it. Look to see how you exit and
save; it's usually F10, and do that. As the computer boots, your HD should
be listed as found.
Boot with a boot disk. If you don't have one, shame on you. ;-)
Type fdisk and follow the prompts to show how the drive is partitioned.
If you can do all this there is nothing wrong with the drive. You just have
to re-install the OS. The MBR is determined by the OS, not a hardware
issue.
Hal
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 10:06:48AM +0000, Annie Oldham duly noted:
>
>Hi Guys, Hard drive has definately gone down....MBR has been wiped, I
>assume that is the Master Boot Record....Now the PC will not recognise c:
>drive.....master boot disks wont work, any other ideas rather than me just
>getting a new hard drive....Thanx, Annie
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