-=PCTechTalk=- Re: No drives detected

First off... you said you put the HD into another computer and it spins up but 
won't boot to it. Likewise with the boot drive of that other computer into the 
questionable one. Well... unless those two computers have the same hardware 
specs, putting a working boot drive into another computer will not necessarily 
boot. That install of Windows has some configuration settings based on the 
hardware, including the motherboard. So... it might work, it might not. But, 
not booting if its not the original boot drive native to that system doesn't 
necessarily mean bad drive.
Not sure if you already did this... but, make sure you only have one HD 
connected, one floppy, one stick of RAM and no optical drives connected. You 
want to break down the problem. This assuming its not just a reseating problem, 
as Gman suggested.

And, with the RAM, if you have more than one stick, only use one stick. Then 
switch and use the other stick. And swap the slots you have them inserted into.

Keep in mind that any one of your hardware items could have given on you, 
considering how fragile the inside of your tower is. Static off your person is 
an extreme silent danger.
 
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On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:44:25 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Jo Ann Weaver wrote:
> Gman,
>
> There are three drives, hard disk, CD Rom and floppy drive. I did
> try several cables including a brand new one on the HD. I tried the
> HD in another known good computer. It spins up but won't boot.
> Gives the message Windows didn't start, option to start normally or
> in Safe Mode, won't start either way. Bad hard drive? Maybe. Tried
> the hard drive from the known good computer in the problem one,
> same boot disk failure message. This time also, get a floppy disk
> failure, which was working before. No CD Rom seen.
>
> This is long, but let me update you from the start. This is my
> niece's computer I'm trying to fix. When I first turned it on, it
> would run a few seconds, turn off, then start again over and over.
> Got into the bios and it was giving the message CPU speed
> incorrectly set. Was showing it at 2000 mgh didn't notice the
> multipliers at this time. Changed to default settings and it booted
> right up. 768 mb of RAM, 80 gig hard drive( that I had to connect)
> acted like it had never seen the motherboard and started loading
> drivers ( had Win98 on it) I used her XP disk to format and load XP
> Pro on it. Everything seemed fine, except it hung one more time
> with the incorrect CPU speed thing, set default ( which by the way
> didn't change the 2000 speed) noticed this time the multiplier was
> 20X and CPU frequency was 100. All was fine again. She sent me her
> Norton Ghost disk 9.0 which she had never used. I installed it,
> looked simple and I made an image of the drive on a DVD. It was
> filthy inside so I blew it out with compressed air. When  I tried
> to boot it again, all went to hell. I think that brings us up to
> date. After seeing your post about Ghost, I wonder if it has nuked
> it. What do you think?
>
> Jo Ann
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: GMan
> Date: 10/29/06 23:19:16
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: No drives detected
>
> Jo Ann,
> I rememebr a couple of times I tried a different cable and
> eventually figured out that the 'new' cable didn't work either.
> I'm still not clear on how many drives we're talking about.  If
> it's one HD and one optical, are they both on the same cable?  If
> so and you have another 'new' cable that's never been used, try
> that.  Otherwise, try the HD in the other system.  I'm reasonably
> sure it'll work and we'll have to keep trying things.
>
> Peace,
> GMan
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jo Ann Weaver"
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 10:54 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: No drives detected
>
>
>> Gman,
>>
>> Have already tried this, also tried another cable. Am using ATA
>> drives. Am thinking about trying the hard drive in my other
>> computer, but it doesn't see the CD rom either. Hard to swallow
>> that both would go bad at the same time.
>>
>> Jo Ann
>>
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