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Error reading fixed disk

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To all expert any one can help me. "Error reading fixed disk" when i run fdisk at command prompt. Help me please............

Name: indigian
Date: August 27, 2004 at 06:55:20 Pacific

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Is there a hidden partition? Also go to:- control panel Admin tools Computer management disk management What do you see? Tt Lanfire nf7-s v2.0 XP-m 2500@200x11 SP 97 1GB pc3200 Jou Jye 550w psu FX5600 WDCaviar 60gb Seagate Barracuda 80gb ;~}

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Name: ham30
Date: August 27, 2004 at 08:54:43 Pacific

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I suspect that you might be trying to run fdisk from a win9X floppy. Try using the WinXP Recovery Console.

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I have try but i still cannot run fdisk or read from disk management.

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