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no fixed disc
Name: cbar Date: December 3, 2003 at 14:13:50 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: 32mb
Comment:
I just bought a brand new HD i plugged it in and booted from the xp bootable cd, it installed some files ten restarted as normal, it didn't go through the full windows install. now when i boot up it says no fixed disk present, even if i try from and boot floppy. the pins are correct, the ide cable is good amd the bios looks good.
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