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Name: sheuzee
Date: May 22, 2009 at 09:47:15 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
Subcategory: Hard Drives
Comment:

my old hard drive got bad and replaced it with a new one but now the compt is not seeing it,its saying hard disk not detected,have done all the jumper settings but its still not working.the comp is seeing the cd rom drive.please what do i do.its also saying boot record not found in floppy drive and cd rom drive



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Response Number 1
Name: jefro
Date: May 22, 2009 at 12:39:36 Pacific
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Test in other machine. May not be fully supported in your system. Might have to set a cylinder limit jumper.

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Response Number 2
Name: najitech
Date: May 22, 2009 at 14:44:22 Pacific
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Is this new hard drive the only one in the PC? Did you format the drive before installing? Were you able to install Win XP to it?

1 Corinthians 15:3-4


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Response Number 3
Name: OtheHill
Date: May 22, 2009 at 15:48:37 Pacific
Reply:

Watch the POST screens at start up to see if ALL your drives are properly identified by BOTH the model and the FULL capacity.

Is the hard drive a PATA/IDE or a SATA type hard drive?


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Response Number 4
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: May 22, 2009 at 21:03:51 Pacific
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What is the hard drive model number and your motherboard or computer system model number?


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Response Number 5
Name: naveed_slb
Date: May 22, 2009 at 23:22:59 Pacific
Reply:

I think your BIOS setting select as Floppy disk/CD-Rom drive Ist boot disk.Plz check and set as CD-Rom or IDE drive.


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Response Number 6
Name: OtheHill
Date: May 23, 2009 at 06:29:22 Pacific
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naveed slb

You are dispensing bad advice in several threads.

sheuzee

The messages for the floppy and CD drives are normal if there is not boot able disks in those drives.

Your hard drive evidently is not configured correctly. Read #3 above.


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