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Name: Rob_England_oxford
Date: July 3, 2002 at 02:49:18 Pacific
Subject: HDD error on start up
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p3 733 mghz 128 sdram 20 gig hard drive
ok here's my problem , i accidently knocked my pc when it was booting up , the hard disk stopped working and i got the message please insert a floppy into a: , i tried repeated start up attempts with the same message please insert floppy , so thinking i got the problem sussed ( i thought broke hard drive ) i get my hands on a 4.3 gig drive , i put it in my pc , run the win me boot disk , and it gives me these 3 error reports , saying hard drive may not be fat 16 fat 32 etc or could have a virus etc , then it says your cd drive is D: so it basically doesnt see the hard drive , ive tried the 4.3 gig in the pc im using now , and it even installed win me for me , so i got a hard drive waiting and ready n fresh , ok back to the point , i believe and i could be wrong , have i done more damage than just destroying the 20 gig , i mean in the bios it will find any hard disk on auto detect but the pc will not boot any hard disk inside it , just please insert a disk into a: please help ive been up for hours , ive tried everything i know , oh it also says on the black screen about a few seconds after i hit the power on button , it says quickly , HDD error , please help please email if u know what the problem is and could help to wet_dreams@hotmail.com <-- i know stupid email addy , thank you anyone who can help , Rob
ps sorry for maybe being on the wrong forum page but i need help .


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Response Number 1
Name: ahmed
Date: July 14, 2002 at 03:07:49 Pacific
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please use Easy recover pro 6 . you can download it from www.filesearching.com
or e-mail me all have it in ftp site for you , this will help you recover your data , other way , try to boot using instlition disk form os/2 then press F3 to exit to cmd prompt , have a good day


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Response Number 2
Name: jitendra
Date: August 15, 2002 at 21:29:56 Pacific
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Respected sir,

i hv a problem with 0s2. i hv hdd 640 mb ,i installed os2 but it cannot boot only the blank sscreen . And another thing iis that i installed dos6.22 it stops on fdisk .

give me the suitable solution urgentally we r waitng for ur possitve reply.


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