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Computer not detecting ide drives
Name: samnagaraj Date: January 23, 2009 at 00:07:18 Pacific OS: WINDOWS XP 2 CPU/Ram: P III / 256 MB Product: Intel / Pentium iii Subcategory: Hard Drives
Comment:
HI GUYS, FOR PAST FEW DAYS MY COMPUTER GET STUCK WITH DETECTING IDE DRIVES. BUT AFTER PLUGGING OUT HARD DISK. MY DVD DRIVE IS DETECTING. WHILE I PLUGGING IN MY HARD DRIVE DE SAME PROBLEM OCCURING. I TRIED USING ALL MY POWER CABLE. I ALSO TRIED USING DIFF IDE CABLE. I ALSO RESET MY CMOS BUT STILL DE SAME PROBLEM OCCURING WHILE PLUGGING IN MY HARD DISK. I DO NO WAT DE HELL IS HAPPENING. PLS HELP ME. WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY. THANKS IN ADVANCE.
Name: aegis1 Date: January 23, 2009 at 10:11:26 Pacific
Reply:
Disconnect the DVD drive and try connecting just the hard drive.
FWIW to XP users: When you click on the 'Command Prompt' you are just causing the 'Command prompt' to be displayed. This prompt gives you access to NTVDM.EXE, the 'NT Virtual DOS Manager'.
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Response Number 2
Name: anmor Date: January 23, 2009 at 12:27:57 Pacific
Reply:
Also turn off your caps lock, it's rude and hard to read.
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Response Number 3
Name: samnagaraj Date: January 25, 2009 at 09:38:05 Pacific
Reply:
THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE. I TRIED DISCONNECTING MY DVD DRIVE, BUT SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURING.
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Response Number 4
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: January 25, 2009 at 16:22:28 Pacific
Reply:
No need to use profanity, and to reiterate USING ALL CAPS IS SHOUTING AND CONSIDERED RUDE!!!!!
Did the problem just start happening? What preceded it? What are the jumper settings on the drive(s)?
"So won’t you give this man his wings What a shame To have to beg you to see We’re not all the same What a shame" - Shinedown
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Response Number 5
Name: benygh Date: March 22, 2009 at 06:34:24 Pacific
Reply:
i have the same problem ... i plugged off every thing ... but i cant boot .. i also always get "Floppy disk controller error" when i boot every thing disconnected ... help me ...
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Response Number 6
Name: OtheHill Date: March 22, 2009 at 09:17:26 Pacific
Reply:
benygh
Start your own thread. Do not piggyback on this one.
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