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Disconnecting the Hard Disk Drive
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Name: mjs01282
Date: June 29, 2004 at 08:51:20 Pacific
Subject: Disconnecting the Hard Disk DriveOS: Windows 98CPU/Ram: Intel Celeron 333mhz |
Comment: I am currently in the process of upgrading my computer system, and this is probably a really easy question for everyone out there apart from me that is, If I was to disconnect the Hard Disk Drive from the motherboard would it delete the whole operating system on the computer?
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Response Number 2
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Name: tom529
Date: June 29, 2004 at 09:15:36 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)when reattaching the cable make sure that you make note of which direction the red stripe is facing. use care not to bend any of the pins.
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Response Number 3
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Name: XpUser
Date: June 29, 2004 at 09:45:34 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)make sure that you make note of which direction the red stripe is facing Actually I never had to worry about the red stripe because most ribbon cables connectors come with key for proper align with hard drives and mobo IDE receptacles. i_XpUser
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