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hard drive doesnt show up in bios
Name: phatindy Date: August 21, 2003 at 08:10:08 Pacific OS: win xp CPU/Ram: xp1800+ 512mb pc2100
Comment:
Hi, when i try to boot my pc the harddrive doesn't show up in bios. I had just formatted and installed xp and was in the process of formatting the 2nd partition on the drive when it locked up and I had to power it down. I can still boot from cd and get through the first phase of formatting/installing, but I cannot boot to windows, any ideas?
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