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HD has ceased to function
Name: bryan Date: November 14, 2002 at 16:53:16 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 1.8Ghz/1.5GB
Comment:
My pc has 2 HDs, one with all my vitals (25GB IBM Deskstar), and a 45GB IBM Deskstar that has all my other stuff. the 45GB drive (less than 2 years old) stopped working. My computer won't boot with it in, and when BIOS tries to read it, it starts making this noise, in pulses, as if it is trying to read, but failing. (i hope that made sense). i have tried moving it to another pc (among other things), and the PC runs fine otherwise. PLEASE HELP!!
Name: wawadave Date: November 14, 2002 at 18:42:40 Pacific
Reply:
hello what is makeing the noise? what did you move hd to other computer? if you moved hard drive wth xp to anther computer it wont boot.xp,s writen so it wont.
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Response Number 2
Name: s8n666 Date: November 14, 2002 at 19:39:05 Pacific
Reply:
the drive is a slave, not a boot drive. it is partitioned fat32, so that is not an issue. the drive itself is making the noise. it kinda compares to a car starting...i really hope this doesn't mean my drive is fried :(
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