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Hard Disk Drive 1 not found ?
Name: Car333 Date: November 19, 2002 at 22:01:42 Pacific OS: Win Me CPU/Ram: Intel Pent. 4 / 256 mb R
Comment:
why is it when i start up my pc it says
" Primary hard disk drive not found strike the f1 key to continue, f2 key to run the setup utility"
and when i hit the f1 key my windows starts up and everythings ok after that. but i have to do this eveytime I restart or Power on my pc. Do i have a virus? I need help.
Name: www Date: November 19, 2002 at 22:41:52 Pacific
Reply:
first run an antivirus scan, if you don't have one http://housecall.antivirus.com has a free online scan. then if you don't have a virus, reboot and press f2 and see if your hard drive is setup properly, you might need to detect it,choose the one with LBA, save and exit setup. if this continues, it could be the cmos battery is getting weak. there are free antivirus programs available one is avg http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_downl.htm i would also install the free version of zone alarm firewall from www.zonelabs.com this will keep some trojans/worms from infecting you.see post 3289 on the opaserv worm
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Name: Car333 Date: November 20, 2002 at 13:49:22 Pacific
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